Remaining on-duty in a "state of readiness"...

DOT man is full of dung. If he was walking the dog he clearly was not under his carrier or the shipper/receiver. There's no rule for 'on the property' as far as I know.

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[TH="class: LeftTableHeadFMCSA, align: center"]FINAL RULE - COMPLIANCE DATE FEBRUARY 27, 2012[/TH]
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[TH="class: MiddleTDFMCSA1"] On-duty time [/TH]
[TD="class: MiddleTDFMCSA1"] Includes any time in CMV except sleeper berth.[/TD]
[TD="class: MiddleTDFMCSA1"] Does not include any time resting in a parked vehicle (also applies to passenger carrying drivers). In a moving property-carrying CMV, does not include up to 2 hours in passenger seat immediately before or after 8 consecutive hours in sleeper berth. [/TD]
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http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/topics/hos/index.htm

 

It would be worth fighting it, these DOT officers need to follow the rules, not interpret them to their liking to make it hard on the drivers!

 

I log myself on duty until I have been unloaded or loaded with bills in hand, then I log a 15 min on duty for checking in and 15 min for "paperwork" with sleeper in between. Been through two roadside inspections and a DOT carrier inspection with no problem.

 

If swift wants to eat up their driver's 70 hrs, then that's their stupidity. Thats x amount of hours the driver can't run towards the end of the week. Shooting themselves in the foot so to speak.

 

Back in the day there used to be a distinction; if the dispatcher told you to call him you could be off-duty, if he said 'wait for my call' you had to be on-duty. I don't know if it was true or not but that's what my company said. I think DOT man is trying to make that distinction. That's no longer the case.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regu...fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=395.2&guidence=Y

Question 5: Do telephone calls to or from the motor carrier that momentarily interrupt a driver's rest period constitute a change of the driver's duty status?
Guidance: Telephone calls of this type do not prevent the driver from obtaining adequate rest. Therefore, the FHWA does not consider these brief telephone calls to be a break in the driver's off duty status.


Question 6: If a driver is required by a motor carrier to carry a pager/beeper to receive notification to contact the motor carrier for a duty assignment, how should this time be recorded?
Guidance: The time is to be recorded as off-duty.

Question 20: How must a driver record time spent on-call awaiting dispatch?

Guidance: The time that a driver is free from obligations to the employer and is able to use that time to secure appropriate rest may be recorded as off-duty time. The fact that a driver must also be available to receive a call in the event the driver is needed at work, even under the threat of discipline for non-availability, does not by itself impair the ability of the driver to use this time for rest.
If the employer generally requires its drivers to be available for call after a mandatory rest period which complies with the regulatory requirement, the time spent standing by for a work-related call, following the required off-duty period, may be properly recorded as off-duty time.