HOS Rules

There is no other way to drive except LEGAL, there is way to much technology now days to get you caught. What if you were in an accident?, running illegal?..know what that will cost you?

MAYBE if people would only run legal the system would have to change for the better and everyone would be better off. How many miles can ya get in an 11 hour driving day?? well that depends on the speed limit-not how fast your truck will go notice there is a difference there. It also depends on the weather, traffic congestion if your dealing with steep inclines or flat highway etc.

Yes you can run legal and still make a decent living in trucking, doing it legal or illegal is a personal choice, it reflects a person charcter IMO.

 

If you can afford the fines for running illegal, then go for it.. Can you also afford the $$$ in damages, if you were involved in a accident, that caused someones death.. Would you be willing to spend the next 10-20 or longer in jail as a result of driving illegal.. If you can't then always drive legal..

 

I would venture to guess that there really is not one trucker running legal even with the machines.

They are most likely not logging the correct time on the loading and unloading involved.

 

They're filling the prisons in florida with drivers running illegal !!!!!!

 

Well I can name at least one that I know of anyways

 

Ask him sometimes just how much time he puts down for loading and unloading.

I have a friend who does what he does and I learned that he recorded less than a van driver did.

 

I dont have to ask, I also keep track of the times so I know all that goes on.

 

He would be an exception.

I watched one unload at a dealer across from where I delivered. It took 4 hours for him from the start of the walk in to the time after he got the truck ready to leave.

He logged about 1/2 hour.

 

When I ran OTR I ran how I wanted - I suppose that would get me in deep poo these days. I would turn in toll receipts that were off a day from my log and never heard a word about it. In hindsight I now see I was taking a huge risk that I did not totally understand at that time.

Not to beat the drum to death but this is yet another reason to get a local job with a respectable company. Not only am I required to run legal, I'm required to run annoyingly legal. We are payed for line 4 but our required drive times are beatable with a 62 MPH truck. I suppose the good side of that is when one of ours is in an accident, sucks but it happens, the log book is a non issue.

If your an O/O with your money on the line do what you gotta do. If you work for a big fleet, you're off your rocker to risk your freedom for one of those companies. I wouldn't feel as bad working at a mom and pop shop but to risk your butt at a mega carrier is nuts.