Daily/Weekly Hours

I worked 39 hours this week...over 4 1/2 days

See the other post for HOS details

 

Oh, heck. Split sleeper. Didn't I say that I wasn't going to go there?

The above isn't exactly true. If you drive less than 11 hours (say the theoretical 8 above) you can turn off the 14 hour clock with 8 hours off duty or in the sleeper. Following that you can drive the rest of the 11 (as in above 3 hours) and then take the remainder of your break (2 hours in the sleeper or off duty) and then finish with 8 hours of driving. The split sleeper birth is a point of contention, and still being debated while they decide how to finally establish the HOS. Sorry, you missed the public comment time, I put my .02 in. I used the old split sleeper alot, I only tend to sleep 5-6 hours and it was convienent to avoid urban rush hours and keep running.

If you split your sleeper as in above, the only way to turn it off is to take the full 10 hour break. I have read that some DOT officers have funny ways to interpret the law as well. If you are new, you probably want to keep it simple and just take your 10 after you finish work for the day.

 

There is no "14 hour window" , only an 11 hour driving window before taking a 10 hour break . You could drive 11 hours then work another 8 hours on the dock and not be in violation . You would just have to take a 10 hour break before driving again .

 

That's kind of a misnomer there. The 14 hour window, is where the 11 hours driving must occur.

You can work for 14 hours on the dock...but any driving is smoked for the day.

 

Better check again, the HOS rules read maximum 14 on duty, maximum 11 hours driving. But hey, you could always lie, drive 11, work an 8 hour shift on the dock and then a 2 hour nap and go out again. Just stay away from me on the road....you would be worse than a drunk. Happy to bring quotes and rule #'s if someone is a doubting thomas...

 

Actually, Rick G. is correct.

You are not allowed to drive after the 14 hour window. You can be on duty not driving after the 14 hour window. In fact you can do as he said. After you drive your 11, work the 8 and then take off the 10 hours, you are as legal as needed to be.

 

this is where a lot of drivers get in trouble. you can work an infinite amount of hours on line four but before you drive again you have to take a ten hour break. makes no sense but that is the way it is.

 

Huh?

It doesn't matter how many hours you have, you will get a reset to zero if you take 34 consecutive hours off-duty (including sleeper if applicable).

 

Actually, there was a problem with the DOT on this issue during the start of Katrina emergency ruling. It was first believed that there was no way a restart of 34 hours could wipe out any of the hours in excess of 70 hours. However, FMCSA ruled that anytime a restart of 34 hours is taken, it is a total reset of the available hours. This happened in September 2005.