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I read a post somewhere by a truck driver that had just gotten out of his truck at a truckstop and had an officer ask to see his log book . The driver politely told the officer he was off duty . If he got his book for the officer to inspect he would be starting the 14 hour clock and he wasn't willing to do that . The officer let him go .

 

That may be true however there would be no 14-hour violation because the rule, 395,3(a)(2).....(the 14-hour rule) merely says you can't DRIVE after the 14th hour. You can be on line 4 as long as need be. The officer also gave this driver a break. I probably would have done something else as in keep him there until the driver showed me the RDS book and then watch him log the time on line 4.

 

It is a violation of the 10 hour break. To provide the logbook while on your break, it starts the clock.

 

You didn't quite catch my meaning . Say the driver had been in the sleeper 8 hours and was getting out to take 2 hours off duty . If he got the logbook that would put him on duty and stop the 10 hour combined break .

 

But as stated the driver just got out of the truck. This clearly assumes the driver had just then started the rest period. That is not illegal, especially considering the rest period just began.

I would agree with you however if this driver was in the middle of his/her rest period as that would require the rest period to begin all over again if it the rest period was farther along.

 

Well, I just got up this morning and when I got out of my truck, it would appear I just got out of the truck.

 

I think we may both be nitpicking here so I'll just say.......it depends on the circumstances.

 

Could be.

But my point is that it is hard for an officer to really know what is going on when a truck is parked and a driver gets out.

I had one tell me that just sitting down in the drivers seat to get out of the truck was considered on duty by him.

There are no clear cut rules.

 

Another one of those PROPERLY trained state morons

 

but filling out a log book = you are working