Change of Duty Status

Don't quote me but I think there might be a slight difference between moving the big rig and moving your finger. I'm no expert on the subject of course but I think I might be onto something.

 

Did the Virgin Mary give consent to be impregnated?

 

Yes she did.

 

I'm not so sure. Since you are being pedantic which definition of on-duty would require a change of duty status to be on-duty?

For reference here is the definition.

8 would be the only one that I see it falling under. Even then it's a requirement of the government and not the motor carrier.

That being said FMCSA has stated they don't care about seconds, only minutes. For example:

Question 5: Do telephone calls to or from the motor carrier that momentarily interrupt a driver’s rest period constitute a change of the driver’s duty status?

Guidance: Telephone calls of this type do not prevent the driver from obtaining adequate rest. Therefore, the FHWA does not consider these brief telephone calls to be a break in the driver’s off duty status.

Question 30: If a driver is required repeatedly to respond to satellite or similar communications received during his or her sleeper berth period, does this activity affect a driver’s duty status?

Guidance: Yes. The driver cannot be required to do any work for the motor carrier during sleeper berth time. A driver who is required to access a communications system for the purpose of read-ing messages from the carrier, responding to certain messages (either verbally or by typing a message), or otherwise acknowledging them, is performing work. For the purpose of this guidance, “repeatedly” means a pattern or series of interruptions that prevent a driver from obtaining restorative sleep during the sleeper berth period.

 

Like I asked, since we are being pedantic, which definition of on-duty requires it?

 

Drive a daycab.