Just some of the stupid things I see

Now look what you've done.

 

Ugh! Green stuff!!

 

Yep, that's the 2nd time one has backed through that same door. One also hit the light pole in that lot parking lot. He didn't hit it once, he pulled up and hit it a total of 3 times before it finally shorted out and killed the power to the entire hot roll building. You'd think for almost $17 per hour they could find someone that could handle a truck that maxes out at 17mph.

I saw the ugliest hooker the other day. She was tuning the corner in front of me driving a blue freightliner, she was dirty from either wrestling her side kit or from other drivers I'm not sure which.

 

Even a riding mower. If you are not driving on a roadway it is Line 1. I would hope you would not need to drive a mower more than 15 mins on the highway.

 

Actually, if he's making money mowing lawns, the time spent on that mower should be logged on line 4....just like ANY time spent at a second job should be logged.

If logging time spent at that second job on line 4 means you didn't get a full 10 hour break before you start your next driving shift, you are in violation of the HOS.

If logging time spent working that second job on line 4 means you didn't get your 34 hour restart, you need to watch your hours so that you do not drive past your 70.

If you work that second job BEFORE your driving shift, your 14 hour clock starts when you punch in at that second job.

It doesn't matter if you're flipping burgers at McDonalds, it needs to be logged on line 4. DOT on the side of the road probably won't catch it if you aren't logging that second job. However, have an incident, and it is a sure bet the other person's lawyer will discover that second job and you'll be in a world of hurt.

 

Yes. The letter of the law. Or regulation in this case. None of these FMCSRs are law. They are regulations put in place by an administrative department of government. Somehow, they carry the force of law. Otherwise, they would not be administered by Law Enforcement Officers.

Yeah, I'm sure this argument has been beaten in court. But it's no less aggravating. A non-elected group of people telling everybody else what to do, without these rules having been voted on. Gotta love our guv'mint by and for the people, yeah?

 

If I'm not mistaken the reason they are enforced by LEO is because the states have adopted the FMCSR's as state law as well. That's why MN got in big trouble last year because they had not adopted the FMCSR's as state law yet they were enforcing them and had no legal right to do so.

 

No Minnesota is in big trouble because they were violating laws, and trying to pass it off as enforcing FMCSR. For example if you had anything with caffeine in the truck, any movies, a computer, a tv, or any other comforts of home you were put out of service for being fatigued.

 

The MN survey was one issue but MN did get in trouble and had to refund a lot of fines because they never OFFICIALLY adopted FMCSRs as law in the state and therefore could not enforce them.

 

Yes that's what I was talking about.

Now the fatigue checklist that lonewolf is talking about was a whole other animal in itself..