Personal Conveyance quiestion.

You can PC under a dispatch. Originally the regulation said you couldn't but they changed that because of a scenario where you pickup a load and run out of hours while getting loaded to be told you have to leave there's no parking allowed.

One thing not mentioned in this thread is company policy. The company may have stricter requirements than the actual regulation and they may not even allow PC under certain or even any circumstance.

 

No.

 

OK, I've been out of this game too long, and don't know what you guys are talking about. Could somebody suggest a youtube video that covers today's regulations with electronic logs? I'm from the days when we kept paper logs, and I knew all the tricks from back then....

 

My understanding is that the only time you can use PC in a situation like that is if you’re out of hours at a receiver and can’t stay there for your reset. Then and only then you can use PC to drive to the NEAREST available parking spot, which doesn’t necessarily mean the truck stop of your choice.

Otherwise, PC is only meant for using the truck for personal conveyance, that is using it as you would your own car, to go buy groceries or something similar.

Driving your truck to a truck stop after making a delivery is a normal part of your working day, it doesn’t qualify as personal conveyance.

 

I used the odd line all the time to keep a fresh clock at con-way safety never gave me any crap unless I was already under another load.

Said I couldn't deadhead off the drive line so I just started looking at where the load was going before I accepted it. Calls stopped.

Just use common sense and don't deadhead like an hour....