do you have to just sit in your truck during the 34

you will find me in a motel relaxing

 

Oh I was at a Truck Stop earlier and a O/O was proudly kicking back a big cold one and as I was joking with him Im guessing it wasn't his first..lol

 

There was a similar post a few months ago. The 0/0 drank a few beers in his truck then went to bed. A Prime truck hit his truck and damaged the front end. The police came and guess what; the 0/0 was arrested because the police smelled alcohol on his breath. He lost his CDL. Didn't matter if he was off duty or sleeper berth; he was still in a commercial vehicle.

 

You all are so mean! So funny, but so mean! LOL. OP I hope you figured out the real answer.

 

Dang driver! You visited your buddy in Texas while doing another reset in Utah??!? That must have been one hell of a taxi/uber bill......

 

Sorry CT, I call BS on this. If he had alcohol in a container in his rig, maybe.....
If he was legally on a 34 and just came stumbling from the bar with it in his blood only, not so much....

 

I was going to call this out also but didn't want to be the one lol...

 

He was on a break. Don't know if it was a 34 or 10 hr. break. He drank the beer in his truck while on break. That's what was posted on here. I don't know the facts personally; I'm just telling what was posted on here.I quit drinking years ago. Isn't it illegal to have alcohol in a commercial vehicle?

 

Beer in the truck is different than coming back to the truck drunk

 

Yes, the 0/0 said he does that all the time while on long breaks and didn't know it's illegal. I used to do the same; after a long hard day would enjoy a cold beer then climb in the sleeper. I wouldn't do it now though unless someone can show me in a DOT manual that it's legal. I don't drink anymore anyway; quit about 15 years ago.