New HOS regulations

RickG · May 31, 2013

smittyjws said: ↑

I said this just the other day, lol...

The 34hr reset is what annoyse the most. The way I read it is that you must be at your registered home terminal for the 2 periods of time 1a -5a. When I make FL runs I typically visit friends and family for 2-3 days in an off duty status. I'm in the same time zone, I'm in a nice cozy house in a cozy#bed, why should it matter. This should be counted as the reset. How about the guys out there that live OTR and run job to job, yes they have a registered home base but their real home base is the sleeper I'm the truck, 34hrs off duty should be able to be taken anywhere at anytime (adjusted for time zones when necessary is fine).

Speaking of off duty time me and a DOT civilian in NY had a long disagreement over off duty a few weeks ago, of course he won the disagreement but I had that guy using all of his life lines and he musta called no less than 3 other guys o. The phone and had 4 people trying to answer that were on the scene and nobody could really come up with a good enough answer until he called his big boss who gave the easy answer of "NO".... At least I made him work for it!!!
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You read wrong . The restart must be at the time used at your home terminal . That's the time zone . You're supposed to log that time anyway . If your terminal is in the Central time zone and you take your restart in Eastern the 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods must use Central time .

Sublime · May 31, 2013

smittyjws said: ↑

I said this just the other day, lol...

The 34hr reset is what annoyse the most. The way I read it is that you must be at your registered home terminal for the 2 periods of time 1a -5a. When I make FL runs I typically visit friends and family for 2-3 days in an off duty status. I'm in the same time zone, I'm in a nice cozy house in a cozy#bed, why should it matter. This should be counted as the reset. How about the guys out there that live OTR and run job to job, yes they have a registered home base but their real home base is the sleeper I'm the truck, 34hrs off duty should be able to be taken anywhere at anytime (adjusted for time zones when necessary is fine).

Speaking of off duty time me and a DOT civilian in NY had a long disagreement over off duty a few weeks ago, of course he won the disagreement but I had that guy using all of his life lines and he musta called no less than 3 other guys o. The phone and had 4 people trying to answer that were on the scene and nobody could really come up with a good enough answer until he called his big boss who gave the easy answer of "NO".... At least I made him work for it!!!
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Home terminal TIME, not location. Same as how you fill out your logs.

What was the off-duty disagreement?

airforcetoo · Jun 1, 2013

smittyjws said: ↑

Speaking of off duty time me and a DOT civilian in NY had a long disagreement over off duty a few weeks ago, of course he won the disagreement but I had that guy using all of his life lines and he musta called no less than 3 other guys o. The phone and had 4 people trying to answer that were on the scene and nobody could really come up with a good enough answer until he called his big boss who gave the easy answer of "NO".... At least I made him work for it!!!
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Sublime said: ↑

Home terminal TIME, not location. Same as how you fill out your logs.

What was the off-duty disagreement?
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yeah that's what I want to know; what did you argue about?

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