Off duty, driving Tractor ONLY home, DOT Reg??????

Nobody believes me anyways This would be acceptable. Just so long as you are dispatched..."under a load", or heading towards your next load. I don't care if you wanted to eat breakfast at the restaurant across the street from the shipper it's not personal conveyance. Keep in mind you may, at some point, have to explain what you used the PC for. It's best to keep it to seeking food or lodging while on the road.

 

One time I deadheaded to the house 460 miles on PC. The whole time I told myself if I got pulled over I was going to say I was seeking "Indiana" food. Haha


















This was just a joke so please don't start yelling at me as I am sensitive.

 

Forget pc I can't wait to take my company name and dot# off my truck. And letter it up with "private recreational vehicle" ! lol

 

Ah, no. It applies exactly as written, that there is no correlation between being paid and being ON-DUTY. There are many more circumstances than a reset that a driver can be paid and not ON-DUTY (eg., SLEEPER BERTH while getting loaded for a driver that gets paid hourly) Likewise, even though a driver might not be paid for a specific activity, it doesn't mean that it is not to be logged as ON-DUTY (eg., PTI or fueling for a driver paid by the mile).

 

1. (7) Can time spent waiting to be loaded or unloaded count toward the break requirement?
2. Time spent waiting to be loaded or unloaded is on duty unless the driver has been released from all responsibility for the truck. Except for drivers attending loads of certain explosives, on-duty time cannot be considered as a break.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/qanda.aspx

 

The short answer is no. A B C A and A B C D A all should be logged as on duty driving.

You could however do A B C A on duty driving, then A D and D A as PC.

IMHO.

 

You have obviously never spent 13 hours in a dock for a live load/unload.

 

no, i have not, nor would i put myself thru that

however, that was the answer given by the people who make the laws the govern our livelihood, that was not from me

 

13 hours, 24 hours. it's all on duty. and after you've reached your 14, your screwed. according to my logging software.

 

It happens in the produce world. And apparently you missed reading the part that started with "unless."

It isn't ON-DUTY if the driver is released from responsibility during the load/unload; which can be legal. There are some shippers which require the driver to wait in a driver's lounge... OFF-DUTY.