PC and paid parking

Advancing the load isn’t a restraint on our companies PC usage. Having legally available time isn’t either; we can use PC to not interrupt a break that was started at a shipper/receiver even if I still had 2hrs of driving and 5 on my 14. (Doesn’t really sound like I’m getting run that hard).

My interpretation of company policy is that we can use PC to not interrupt a 30min, 2hr (split sleeper), and 10hr breaks. Trying to explain a PC during a 30min break seems a bit risky to me.

I’ve also found the definition of nearest to be vague; is that based on distance or time? Sometimes it can take a long time to go a short distance.

I was near LA; had run out my clock at a receiver. I PC off. Nearest safe haven was just 1mi away and like 5min drive time. I turn right at an intersection when I was supposed to turn left. It ended up taking me an hour to get there. I put comments all around that event. Never heard anything from our log audit.

 

Exactly. We have the option to use PC to go restaurants and shopping. In our devices it has a premade comment like “PC to X” and “PC back from X”. Gets used a lot by bobtails waiting on loads; could be used with a trailer too. I have enough problems just trying to park at truck stops. I’m a bit afraid to start parking at stores and restaurants even as a bobtail.

 

Best is a bit vague as well. The best place for me to park would be at our terminal 30mi away... but that’s a no go with all the little truck stops between me and there.

Well the 10hr break should probably not start until stopped. The guidance does mention the need for the driver to still get adequate rest if PC is used. As for what my dispatcher sees, they see it as already ended even if the PC off happened after 3hrs in the berth already. So I might end up getting only 6hrs of uninterrupted sleep.

Ive already told my dispatcher that if PCing off interrupts my rest, I will sit until rested even if it turns my 10 into a 12.

I do find our policy of only logging what they say is the DoT minimums questionable. I’ve not really found where the minimums are listed by the govt. The minimum for loading/unloading is 30min and then logging wise we get in the sleeper berth. Once done and you pull away there’s still a little work to be done, but I was told we already met the minimum for logging it on duty.

 

Thanks, at my time of day the big d should have parking. My only stipulation was whether I could use not paying as a reason to look for other parking. Pretty sure I’m going to hate that place too.

I am constrained by both the PC regulations and company policy.

Loads ready early. I’ll have enough time to do a 10 before my appt window now. Thanks for the advice.