Logging Off Duty Instead of Sleeper Berth

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by 4wayflashers, Sep 28, 2024.

  1. Powder Joints

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    Bigger question is do I believe it, No I don't. Look I've only been driving Since 1981, So I'm kind of new at this. First off learn to keep your trap shut, do not answer questions you are not obligated to answer . Which is never. Your required to give them your License and a few other things if they ask. This is a dead subject in my opinion, you can do what you want, I really don't care, nor do I believe what I read on here when someone says, I got a ticket for 3 over in CA.. Did not happen, neither did the logbook ticket for being off duty while in the sleeper, unless the driver was exceptionally stupid. Keep your pie hole closed.
     
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    Now that that is 100% settled and I and others were 100% right, lets go back to where this back and forth got started. Someone has been logging sleeper whenever t
    Im right. It’s obvious for anyone who can read
     
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    Are there page limits to debates?
     
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    They are violating the law. Simple as that. Trucks must have legal sleepers. I've seen many box trucks with them.

    But most of those box trucks you see have GVWR under 26,000lbs which means they aren't subject to any of the regulations we have to put up with. The ones OVER that have sleepers. Ever seen one of those FedEx Custom Critical trucks at a truck stop? It's a commercial vehicle, over 26000lbs, with a legal sleeper berth.
     
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    It is 100% settled and you have been found to be 100% wrong, no matter how many times you post the same regulations that you don't even understand, but it really is funny!
     
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    Why would a guy come on here and make up that he got a ticket for something that is a DOT violation?

    I know I heard my DM talking to someone on another line where his driver got a ticket for 4 over, so 3 over, I'd believe. I heard one driver tell me that he got a ticket for 1 over in some podunk southern one horse town. I forgot where.
     
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    All this over a log sheet. Man, if politics were allowed over here...
     
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    Considering HOS log violations are some of the most common violations found in commercial vehicle inspections, it's a valid topic.

    But then you have people that don't understand regulations they post and then later make a thread on here "ZOMG, I got a ticket for posting that I was off-duty when I was in the sleeper berth!!!" and actually act shocked.
     
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    Just because it’s non-CDL doesn’t mean it’s not a commercial vehicle.
     
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    If it's a commercial vehicle it requires a CDL.

    Then it goes back to what I said, they are violating the law if they are required to have a sleeper. Hot shots are commercial vehicles but not required. Hotshot trucks are not required to have sleeper berths because they do not meet the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) requirements for access, location, exit, communication, and occupant constraints.