The day keeps getting closer

Handling more miles that your illegally allowed def isn't an issue for most. I just don't wanna deal with the repercussions of some drunk rear ending me and killing themselves while I was out of hours. Lawyers love that kinda scenario

 

And how can that not happen on paper?

 

Its going to vary by company driver.. Some are more strict than others. Last company I was with they could care less about that 16 hour work day or allotted 2 hour driving window. Also from my understanding you can only personal conveyance off duty only while bobtail, not to a work related act either. Also should've took route 11 around that scale driver, other wise make sure you do the proper speed limit in there to keep the flow going. lol! Safe travels.

 

It won't be until December 16, 2019 for my company since we already have EOBRs and have had them for quite some time, so I'll continue to use common sense until then.

 

No what is stupid is to park the truck 20miles away from home and have to drive 80miles back and forth rushers then just drive 20miles to go home that what is stupid and lacks common sense gov all about pollution fuel mileage etc...

 

Actually it's the other way Sir...

If you cannot get reasonable appointment times out of your stupid shippers and recievers and cannot hire teams to bypass the HOS limitations then why are you still in trucking?

I have to ask that.

The problem to me is the shippers and recievers. You want this load when? And WHERE? I don't think so.

 

Yah its not just truck stops but company terminals for the mega's also. The way I see it, after the eld mandate, drivers are going to abuse the reporting thing for the eld. There is going to be a short uprising in the power pyramid where drivers will be in control because of the harassment feature. You know the megas, the gov, and dot are all in the same boat. But the ocean is crowded with sharks, the most common type of shark is a harassment lawyer ^_^. You see where I'm getting at? It will be a short power change because their solution to this are driverless trucks.