Driving on your days off

Uncle Sam wants his money off of anyone. And they'll lie cheat and screw ya to get it. Most of these laws are in no way connected to safety. At least, not at first. Safety is the holy mantra used to justify it all. It's really about creating myriad ways they can fine you and take your money, since they don't think they get enough in taxes and fees. And they make different sets of rules for every different industry to tailor the money scamming schemes to be the most effective for that group of people. And yes, I really am that cynical about government. I don't think it's about safety. I don't think the powers that be give a hoot about me, you, or the family in the minivan next to us on the highway.

 

Amen brother!

 

This is the biggest reason it wont work. When you are working on your reset, you are taking hours away from your primary carrier. Eventually they will get tired of it and tell you to make up your mind if you want to work for them or someone else or they may not? They may just find a reason to let you go- which really, they dont need a reason in most states.

Like others have said, if you do it off the log and have an accident, it will affect your trucking career for a long time, depending on the severity of the injuries. If someone is killed, it probably will end your career in trucking and possibly subject you to prison time for falsifying your log.

I did this once for about a year but my situation was different to yours. My full time job was in a shipping dept and I moved heavy equipment part time locally. Local drivers at that time didnt have to fool with logbooks unless they went over 100 miles from the terminal. Times have changed a lot since then and I doubt Id even try something like that now?

 

Local drivers still don't have to keep a log, if they stay within certain guidelines. But if you worked mostly OTR and then did some local, that local would have to be logged to comply at the OTR gig. Working two local jobs, you wouldn't have to log either.

 

Ok wasnt sure about local now but its probably about to change since the FMCSA are considering taking back control of intrastate trucking. Currently OSHA controls it.