Anti-idling laws. Company drivers, how do you get rest if you don't have a APU?

our trucks are 09 with an ISX motor and the clean idle deal. does anyone know if that makes a difference in cali?

 

You should be able to idle your truck in California if you have the clean air idle sticker on your truck. You paid more for that sticker and it says that the calibration in the engine has reduced emissions that meet california's guidelines for low emissions and that you can idle it with no problem.

 

Unless you're in NY. I've heard rumors up there that they want to ban apu's and even reefers. No one in their right mind would vote for stupid rules like that, right? Think again.

A couple of the town council members were talking about how they didn't like the windmills being built up there. They decided they were going to levy a huge tax, like a purposely outrageous tax on the company running them to try to drive them off. When I tried to explain the concept of passing costs on to the consumer to them and that they'd be paying the tax out of their own pockets, they looked at me like I was stupid. Totally could not understand.

They also believe that when the police helicopter flies overhead with the little flashing white lights on the bottom, the cops are looking through the walls of their houses to see if they have any dope. I asked them why they believed that and they said it was because the cops told them so. Must be a magic camera.

When I moved up there the locals were curious as to why. No-one ever asked me why I moved back to the midwest.

 

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This will inform all of us. so we can beat the idle laws with their own rules...​

Summary of State Anti-Idling Regulations
http://www.epa.gov/smartway/documents/420b06004.pdf​

 

I downloaded that last night.

 

the nerves of legislation.

 

anti-idle compliance varies greatly from company to company. Some states, especially the northeastern states, enforce anti-idle laws strictly and some states don't have anti-idle laws or enforce them sporadically.

If your truck has Qualcom satellite communication/tracking the trucking company can monitor your idle time percentage.

The driver is in a tough spot because the regs require you to rest, or at least not work, yet your company MAY require you not to idle except for brief periods, less than 10%. As someone that tolerates being "too cold" much easier than "too hot" I would idle all the time, and did, because that's the only way to get A/C without an APU.

This is just one more item on a very long list the new driver/prospective new-hire must confirm with a potential employer BEFORE being hired. Despite all the truck stop lawyers and John Wayne fans, you will not talk your way out of an anti-idle ticket nor will you talk your company into allowing you to idle if they watch idle time closely. Your only practical options are to work for a company that doesn't watch idle time too closely and/or work for a company that doesn't send you to states that enforce anti-idle laws strictly.

Your best source of information on trucking companies are current drivers. You need to find them and talk to them over time so you don't dismiss a good company because you talk to a current driver on a bad day. However, I find most newbies just accept they will work for one of the big 4 or 5 companies, do no research, and then discover why those companies can't keep drivers that have a choice of where they work. If you won't do the research you choose to be treated like a chump. The lazy drivers like to pretend all trucking companies are alike, which is their excuse for doing no research, and then condemn all trucking companies because their poor record forces them to work for lousy trucking companies.

 

Animals have more rights when it comes to being left in a hot vehicle. There should be a new oranization started called PETT...People for the Ethical Treatment of Truckers

 

The sad thing is that the drivers themselves could end this garbage if they would just pull together for just one lousy week. States that have anti-idle laws such as NY and CA get no freight delivered or picked up for the stated week. Give them a little time to repeal the law and if not give them another dose. The citizens would make sure they repealed them so they could get their goods. Now, how do you get all truckers to pull together for one week? Mysteries of the universe.

 

that would be the best idea yet and i would petition that because the ppl who dont enforce the anti idle (receivers, consumers, or just common ppl) would raise h#!! at the govenment because of the situation let us know when u want to take that into effect because u wouldnt leave a child or baby or even a pet in the car or truck for to long with out them being comfortable or the child services and animal right ppl would be all over yo #####