Managing the 70 hour rule various strategies

Many drivers do get confused about the meaning of the hours of service. Let me chime in with the following concept; Hours of service are to limit your "DRIVING" not your work. For example you may "work 24 hours a day 7 days a week and NEVER be in violation so long as you do not attempt to DRIVE.
Now with the above established the rules should begin to make more sense. The 14 hour rule is a prohibition upon "driving" beyond a 14 hour work time frame. You may in fact continue working as in unloading a trailer as long as necessary to finish the job. Just be aware you will not legally be able to drive any further UNTIL you have a consecutive 10 hour break.
There are 3 ways to achieve this;
1. 10 hours consecutive off duty.
2. 10 hours consecutive sleeper berth.
3. Any combination of sleeper berth and off duty added consecutively to add up to 10 hours.

The only other rule governing your hours of service would be the 70/8 day rule so in the above example while it is legal to continue working beyond the 14 hour rule you should have been logging that additional time as "on duty not driving" which will detract from your over all hours available to work for the remainder of the week.

The 34 hour reset is the best solution to getting a fresh 70 hour work window and it is in fact better to be home to enjoy this time. Many companies understand this and have transitioned to a more regional type running to accomodate the drivers desire to be home and do the reset rather than be on the road and constantly be bumping the 70 hour rule.

 

yes lines 3 & 4 is included on the 70 hour rule or 60. I said "If you work 10 hours a day between lines 3 & 4 combined " and today would be my 8th day, so my total hours was already 70, I can't work until "AFTER" MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. That's why I used today's date (Didn't I?)

What did I do now? Today is a bad day for me

 

You did not say add lines 3 and 4 I did so there!

 

YES I did! look # the original post below and look for the red or whatever different color I will choose


Now I remember reading this very question and responding and I almost swear there was other responses as well???
Really, unless you asked it in 2 places on the forumn?

FYI about the # Of hours you take for a restart:
If you plan travel in Canada you will want to always take 36 hour breaks.
If you are a USA driver only you only need 34 hour breaks.

Now to answer your question: If you work 10 hours a day between lines 3 & 4 combined
10-Nov 10
11-Nov 10
12-Nov 10
13-Nov 10
14-Nov 10
15-Nov 10
16-Nov 10
70

 

I saw that after I posted, but I am still sticking my tongue out at you!

 

Right back at you

 

Thank you very much.I appreciate you going through it again.
Oh and i didn't post it any where else, just here. it's all ok there is so much on this board i can see how things get over looked.

thanks again
readytogo

 

With as many posts you make and the length of your posts you must be one heck of a typist. Here I am pressing each key with my finger one at a time, like a numskull. I see you really enjoy your work and you're a tremendous help to many drivers. I hereby declare that I've chosen you as " Log Educator Of The Month ". Keep up the great work. Now if I could only type that fast or that long I wouldn't be a dang truck driver.

 

GO TO....WWW.TRUCKNET.COM click on ROUNDTABLE(top middle of page) go to truckdriver roundtable forum ...click on that and then look for ( OL' BLUE ..HOS Presentation )...this is very informative on the new HOS from 2005 when the laws were changed...

 

Hope that helps on HOS...(hours of service)