HOS Question

The only thing that is affected by the calendar day is the seventy. The 11/14/10 hour clocks will not be affected by the actual time of day.

 

Also keep a paper recap. Your 8th day hours you get back against the total of 70 hours will help you decide to work that day or take a 34.

8 hours is not quite a full day of 11 hours driving, but you did two things right, first not violate anything and second found a lawful place to park when you did. Just maintain a continuous trip planning to be sure you are not late to your appointment time (Get a new one if you are...) and go on.

The time of day will affect you personally if you are a morning person, night person etc. But has no meaning in HOS. When you have time to go work, that's time to go work after your rest is over (Long enough to get a new working day back such as 11/14 etc)

 

The key is being smart and knowing when it’s in your best interest to shut down “early” or push through and drive as far as you can. You should never develop a mindset “I want to conserve hours” and drive fewer hours.

 

Let’s see if we can muddy this up.

 

Sure.

 

Yes. I do it as needed. I'll shut down early outside of Atlanta to get up early and run it before 5 am. I shut down early in Jersey to park.