No place to park and out of hours

i agree, a strip mall beats a ramp any day

but sometimes, there are no strip malls, and once that computer says STOP, you gotta stop, or else bossman/uncle sam will be mad at you

 

Wrong driver. I'm on elogs and I plan a full day.

 

maybe, maybe not

but Hot, why willingly put your neck in that noose?

 

You count for all that while you're trip planning.

 

Might be because I run the same lanes weekly and I know where I can and can't park from so cal to Washington! Haha!

 

Lots of things depend on how you are paid. I am paid by a percentage of the load. The vast majority of my loads are one day events. 500 miles or less. So I plan on parking near my receiver. I don't want to work hour after hour. I want to remain safe and well rested.

Drivers who are being paid by the mile only, like to drive fast on long hauls. They want the 11 hour days. Me, I am after the paycheck not the miles.

Also, more and more truck stops are finding a market for Reserved parking spaces. Call ahead. It cost $10 and you cannot use your points but if the weather looks bad it is well worth it.

 

I'm on e-logs and stay fluid with where I'll stop for the night until that last hour if I'm solo. If I've got 55 minutes to go and 45 miles to a truck stop, cruising at 62 mph, then I'll try to get to that truck stop with about 10 minutes to spare. Parking spaces taken? Just find a place to wait, do my post trip, and wait for the next spot to open for my 10.

Different areas require different strategies. In the NE stopping early is often the only way to get a place to park. Out west there's often roadside areas to pull over, and wide open "dirt lots" on many of the off ramps that are safe and legal to park. Especially if I'm familiar with a route I might know of several prime spots for parking and will push it, or maybe I know there's really nothing for another 70 miles and shut it down early. It all depends on the situation.

 

i dont know why drivers are hellbent on shooting themselves in the face

patronizing these "reserved parking spots" are doing nothing but leading us to ful time, pay to park places

the TA in Houston has almost a third of its spots reserved for parking

so when all truckstops charge to park, we will have no one but ourselves to blame

we are the best at destroying our own industry, from elogs to interior cams to pay to park, whats next? shock collars?

 

I don't know much and I am easy confused so please bear with me...

What is the difference between a paper log and an E-log?
Don't they both have the same rules and regulations attached? Isn't the HOS exactly the same? How does using a paper log improve driving hours or increase the drivers flexibility?

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't the only real difference between the two the truth that paper logs are susceptible to driver manipulation? Is it not true that with the E-log fraudulent inputs are not as easy to do? Is the only advantage of paper logs the fact that the driver can circumvent some of the HOS rules by a creative accounting of the HOS?

If this is the case then it is easy to see why the regulatory agencies are set on mandating E-logs.

Not passing judgement...just trying to understand the actual difference between the two and possibly grasp the impetus behind the regulations.


An unknowing Little Eddy.

 

paper logs put the personal responsibility upon the driver

elogs take the personal responsibility away from the driver