Can you still drive for uber?

Heck, I've even talked to someone that refused to take gas into account for costs. His response was "I have to pay for gas anyway..."
That is just no explaining to that level of stupidity.

 

According to the vast majority..."I made $250.00 and only spent $40.00 on gas." My reply....." Yup, you're cashin' in alright!

 

I have to drive about 4.5 hours to the terminal when I come back on duty after my days off. I usually have to leave about 1 AM in the morning to ensure I’m there by 6 AM. My first day back out driving as a consequence is usually pretty brutal as I’ve been awake all night and have to leave at six or 7 AM in the morning and drive all day. Funny how that doesn’t have to count towards my hours of service, but driving Uber and monitoring my schedule properly would. Lol

 

ANY JOB that pays counts toward your 60/70 hour clock. That includes cashier, waitress, mowing grass, test pilot at a matress factory, supervising swimsuit models, carpenter, POTUS, astronaut, bartender. ANY JOB that pays you counts. The only excrptions are activities that are hobbies.

 

What about sucking the V8 out of Kentuckians until they hit the floor? Is that considered work? I have to do it. I took an oath!

 

I'm so confused by this post. I feel like since I'm not going to work ride share after I get a truck job I should just send my time worked statement as 0 hours worked all last week... right? I only drive 14 hrs a week ago anyway.

 

I use Uber eats occasionally on the road. Many times a couple will be in the car. Sometimes a different car than is listed. Man driving instead of the woman listed as driver who is riding with him.

Merely an observation. In no way does it support illegal activity

 

-----or that mother that works almost all day making local deliveries for a LTL near me. Then afterward provides a taxi service for her teens! I don't really agree with the way some of the HOS rules are interpreted. I also hate the way the FMCSA tries to micro-manage drivers. When I was in my 20s I did not need all the rest I needed 30 years later. Even then if I got a good 6 to 8 hours of sleep I could go close to 20 hours without getting dangerous. So many different variables when it comes to the body and the natural circadian rhythms of us humans.

I may be about to confuse a lot of folks, but I FIRMLY believe there are two kinds of exhaustion. Mental and Physical. I know for a fact if I was trying to work out a problem I could NOT get good restful sleep. Conversely, if I was totally physically exhausted I would sleep too long and be mentally unable to focus that next on-duty period. I had several close calls doing this. Over time I learned to stop before reaching that point unless I was going home and had several days to recover. In my mind, the FMCSA needs to do a lot more research on this subject and STOP this one size fits all solution to the HOS rules! It still peeves me off that something started in the late 30s to protect drivers and the public has been used as a club on the same drivers today. While I think I am a bit knowledgeable of title 49 CFR as it relates to truckers, this does not mean I agree with some of that crap!

 

The system as it is: managing robots as if they were humans.

And the process that led to it is called "regulatory capture" it is not exactly the corporate interests that wanted the rules in the first place, but they sure as hell werent going to let a single law be written that they didnt have a say in designing