Consequences for First HOS Violation

You were not advancing your day unless you already knew that customer was where you were picking up at next.

 

1. If you're company gets mad at you for that, quit.
2. If you get a ticket for that, quit.

 

Read the op's original post. He was going to the customer. Sounds like a loaded tanker to me, although I will admit he never specified if he was doing a pickup or delivery. He was advancing a load though, so no PC would not be valid. That and other reasons.

 

Why quit? What does the company have to do with a ticket?

 

Gotcha. For some reason I was thinking he had Just delivered at that customer.

 

I'm the safety/compliance guy at our little trucking company. I tell my guys they can only use PC if they are in search of a place to take their 10, whether it's at a customer or just a safe place for the break. That's the defining rule here for using PC, especially under a load..

 

You don't have to worry about quitting because you won't get a ticket for that.

 

Incorrect, you may use PC even if you are advancing the load: AS LONG AS YOU GO TO THE NEAREST SAFE PARKING. Since the OP essentially went across the street, it is hard to argue that he passed up other safe parking to advance the load.

 

Sorry, I'm correct. The guidelines specifically state from a shipper/receiver. He was going from a truck stop TO a shipper/receiver. (Or direction of LEO) Here is the text from Personal Conveyance

3. Time spent traveling to a nearby, reasonable, safe location to obtain required rest after loading or unloading. The time driving under personal conveyance must allow the driver adequate time to obtain the required rest in accordance with minimum off-duty periods under 49 CFR 395.3(a)(1) (property-carrying vehicles) or 395.5(a) (passenger-carrying vehicles) before returning to on-duty driving, and the resting location must be the first such location reasonably available.

Now will the driver get a ticket for this? Extremely unlikely unless he ticks off the LEO, and then he's getting a ticket no matter what....
But to say it's within the guidelines is wrong.