I have two driving jobs, can i get in trouble?

understood , but I was reading it as a pretty clear implication....as where most every one else...but , you make a great point.

 

To be exempt from log books driver must drive within 100 air miles. Clock in and out at the same location within 12 hours, and have at least 10 hours off between shifts. Dont need the half hour break, but I think the 60/7 rule still applies, but im not sure. I never work over 55 so it dosent matter to me

 

Be careful with your interpretation of the 60/70 hour rule. While you can exceed 14 hours as long as you stay on line 4 ALL line 4 time adds toward the 60/70 hours. Not just driving time. FMCSA regulation 395.3 clearly states on duty time not driving time. To legally drive you must have hours available on that 60/70. Every hour you either log or work on duty not driving is an hour that comes off that 60/70.



https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/395.3

 

As long as you drive a truck , your entire life revolves around those 4 lines.

1. OFF DUTY

2. SLEEPER BERTH

3. DRIVING

4. ON DUTY NOT DRIVING

 

I worked for a Pepsi distributor for 2 years. There was very little care given to the 60/7 rule. You clocked in, did your work, and clocked out. We rotated weekends so that there would always be someone on call.

 

One of the topics of a lot of truck stop and terminal discussions is this 14hour topic. You can work past the 14 hour mark, but you can't drive. I actually won an argument with my safety department about this. I had a state DOT officer follow me into a parking place near my home in Georgia. This officer did a level 2 inspection that took about 30 minutes. Because I was right at my 14 hour on duty mark that inspection put me 15 minutes over my 14 and I logged it as such. I got called in to safety a few weeks later and asked about it. Lots of situations that can require you to work past that 14 hour mark. The problem though is that 60/70. This can be a serious problem for an OTR driver because any time logged that has you over that 60/70 hour mark can get you a logbook ticket. The same thing can be true if you don't log and your company time records are audited.

 

You do know that you are not supposed to smoke that crap and be behind the wheel of a big rig, right? I am not going to log mowing the lawn or doing home repairs. You do not have to log anything that you are not compensated for.

 

Yeah there's the fines and then there's the issue as i recall when one Walmart driver crashed into a famous comedian you see no one says a word until there's some serious incident if this happen's you may well get some serious jail time as well.

 

Let me preface this by saying I did it wrong for a long time. That said the issue is not what happens if we are caught, The issue is it is WRONG to NOT take the lives of innocent people into consideration. Whether it be driving tired, overweight, over length, with poorly maintained equipment,...whatever, It is clearly putting other's lives at risk for personal gain. THAT IS SELFISH, SELF CENTERED AND INDISPUTABLY WRONG, whether we ever suffer consequences or not.

 

100% in agreement. I have seen two drivers who were involved in fatal accidents that were cleared cry like babies. I hope nobody in here ever has to go through this. Folks keep it legal, best way to stay out of courtrooms and jail cells.