Just some of the stupid things I see

G, don't you know that vandalism usually happens when you're in the truckstop? HINT HINT

 

I've used Personal Convieance to go 3.5 hours......home




American Trucker

 

I had heard that...Wolf, except I'm local only. Seldom outside a 50 mile radius. That's right, I said 50 MILES. So, I'm always back at the yard to end my shift, or at worst I park the truck in my driveway for a night.

 

I'm an owner op. If I had to run ELOGS I would use PC to get to the house even if it was 10 hours or a truck stop or restaurant if it took 400 miles to get to the first one. I will not be trapped in some lot somewhere or on the side of the road.

 

Where ever I want to take it. The rules are unladen (empty) and not under dispatch (unpaid.) If those conditions are met and I want to drive from where ever I am released from duty to where ever I choose to go, I am off duty. I might be in Atlanta, released from duty and want to go home to the NorthWest because my daughter is getting ready to have a baby...or just because I want to go home. If I am unladen and not under dispatch, I am within the law. It's my truck. It's up to me where it goes.


That said, if I was going to be off duty for that amount of mileage, I would most likely place placards over my DOT numbers saying "Private Coach: Not For Hire." This should avoid any confusion.

 

This is what I was trying to say but couldn't come up with the words. Lol.

 

That's generally not available to co. drivers as a rule D.B. and most tanker outfits I've been with limit this to "reasonable".

Being said : that is described ( by safety ) as only what's needed like get home from terminal, wash clothes, local Walmart for supplies and 20 miles is a number thrown around allot.

It's always been forbidden to take any trailer with you...for any reason for at the least could / would be used against the carrier in court if an accident occurred AND it suggests to the LEO you're working thereby voiding the PC rule.

I use it bobtail only and keep it under 50 miles round trip which I think is "fair". Other have pulled empty clean tank wagons to their destinations to prevent theft and tampering however I maintain Mr. Leo could consider that "under dispatch" and cite you.

JMO

 

The key questions are: What's the purpose of moving the vehicle? And To whose benefit is this vehicle move?

Answer those questions and you will be able to determine whether it is on or off duty.

 

That was not personal conveyance. He was moving the vehicle to pick up freight. Deadheading to a pickup is on duty driving. It was not to his personal benefit. It was to the benefit of his business entity. This makes those miles "dispatched" miles. He was under dispatch.

If you shut him down, you made the right call, in my opinion.