Logging during a snow storm

This is a bit off topic, but since it was mentioned:

I've also been stuck (at a rest area on I-80) in a Wyoming blizzard. And I would also err on the side of "sitting it out" if it is just too bad to drive. FWIW, even when I ran day cab local, I always had a bit of food of SOME type with me, and plenty of water.

I've gone to work expecting "local" only to be sent out to make an unexpected turn with another driver. It's just a good idea to be prepared. Shoot, I even have food and water in my personal vehicles. You just never know what is going to happen.

 

Thats what Lawyers are for.

 

I left Little America in a snowing morning. I fought all of the way to the Garden of Eden truckstop around Jerome, ID. I finally had enough.

Went in ate breakfast and within an hour the roads were passable and smooth sailing.

 

Last year I chain up to go over 4th of July pass, get done with that miserable task, look up, and the sign is no longer flashing 'Chains required'

 

1500 miles a week is just perfect! Thats my idea of a fine week. And I think your correct about the 2 hrs.

 

And that is the key. So many times, just a wait of a couple of hours will make a tremendous difference in weather and road conditions. Not always, of course, but often enough, particularly out west here, to at least consider a delay.

Sure I've had to drive on bad roads and in bad weather condition. But I've never been bashful about just backing off for a bit. I got caught in a blizzard on the plains in eastern Colorado when I was a rookie. It was not a lesson easily forgotten.

 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/truck/driver/hos/hos-faqs.asp#_Toc111021254
E-4. May a driver utilize the adverse driving rule, which extends the driving time by two additional hours, in conjunction with the 16-hour exception?

No. A driver may not use the exception for adverse driving conditions while also using the 16-hour exception for property-carrying drivers. Section 395.1(b)(1)(ii) of the adverse driving conditions exception specifically states that a property-carrying driver may not drive or be permitted to drive after he/she has been on-duty after the end of the 14 th hour after coming on-duty following 10 consecutive hours off-duty.

 

AMEN!!! I have even pulled into a rest area in New Jersey, because traffic was unbearably slow, hit the sleeper berth for 8, and then continued on in the middle of the night, when I was able to actually run above the posted speed limit (yes.. it is possible to speed on the east coast!!)

As many drivers are going to e-logs, common sense needs to prevail on hour management or you are going to be one of the whiners on the talk box complaining because you cant make any miles on e-logs.

 

look, this is one rule that is subject to interpretation, misinterpretation, and debate among even law enforcement. I've used it before, on a couple of occasions, it's not the patrol level trooper who is gonna give you a hard time (he's likely to agree with you), it's the POE inspector 500 miles and a day away or the DOT auditor who are gonna be the problem.