Logging off duty when in sleeper. Yes or no?

Yeah never heard of that one. Like ever.

 

My buddy runs team with his girlfriend. DOT almost busted her for logging a weekend in the sleeper. They asked if she ever left. She said no. They asked about the bathroom. She said I have a porta pottie. They didn't believe her. Once they saw one in the truck they couldn't argue with her. The truth is what you say it is unless they have some evidence otherwise.

 

Exactly!!!!! And my bathroom practices are none of their business. Even if they are wearing a cute little badge.

 

That's because it doesn't exist.

 

I got dinged on an audit one time for this. It was very minor and perhaps just a company policy but it was explained to me that DOT will look at this as falsification only because it exceeds a maximum amount of time one would spend in the sleeper. But then again I guess you could have your little bucket back there and spend as much time as you need. More power to you I guess.

Anyway i did have more than one safety person tell me this at more than one company but honestly I can't find anything in writing about it but I figure it's not worth the hassle anyway.

In short it throws a red flag up and may cause a little closer inspection of your logs. Perhaps I just misinterpreted that as being a violation

 

I'm still waiting for someone to cite the rule or regulation where it states that you can't log off duty while in the sleeper except when you are using the split berth provision. I've looked and I can't find it. Anyone?

 

and there ya have it, you should have said I was off duty, it was none of his business where you slept. you weren't being honest, you just gave to much information

 

they aren't going to post it because it doesn't exist, but I think your problem is you volunteered the info you were in the sleeper

 

and what truck stop counter did ya hear this at??