HOS with the time change?

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by sammycat, Nov 5, 2010.

  1. ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    Got a message from Ms Elogs... she sez, "Don't worry, be happy. I got ur back covered for once!" At least on the QualComm system, you don't have to do anything... except remember to set your watch/alarm clock back an hour.

    Wonder if I believe the freakin' girl??? :biggrin_2556:

    On comic books? Its a little confusing...

    If you're sleeping just show your 8 or 10-hour break as a 7 or 9-hour break (remember you're shifting the clock BACKWARD) with a flag at 0200 noting the time change. Remember in the recap, it will appear as the actual length of time (8 or 10 hours.)

    If you're driving, show the time shift with a flag at 0200 - it'll appear as a driving period one-hour shorter than it really is, but in your recap you need to add the "lost hour" into your calculations. Let's say you drive 8 hours total... that's what goes into your recap; you show it as a 7-hour period in the graph with a flag noting the time change.

    Don't forget to change your watch and/or alarm clock!!!
     
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    Just move to Arizona, no time change there :D
     
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    truckerdave1970 On Probation

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    Stop it!
    You are making me think! I barely get paid enough to DRIVE, let alone THINK!!!
     
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    If you are on break you will log off at the time you start, and then log back on when you start back up.
    If it looks like 9 hours it is ok, since you will write in the comments on the log location section that you observed the time change.
    You will have a nice big section of 9 hours between things you have flagged to explain it.
     
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    LOL! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH! (That's the sound of your post going over most people's heads)
     
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    Yep yep don't have to reset any of my clocks :biggrin_25522:
     
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    outerspacehillbilly "Instigator of the Legend"

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    Who pissed on your cereal?
     
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    Yep, same with Saskatchewan, DOT in Idaho tried to get me for not noting the time change on my logs in the spring when the time changed, I then told him we don't observe DST.
     
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    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    You are allowed to drive 17 hours on Daylight Savings Day--President Obumble declared it a trucker's holiday. In addition, you do not need to log fuel stops or be on time for your delivery appointments on DSD as well.
     
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    outerspacehillbilly "Instigator of the Legend"

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    They said you could also bypass all scales regardless and there was no speed limit on that day also.
     
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