The REST Act, some sensible legislation?!?!

There have always been laws, but it did not pertain to stupidity, or lack of common sense. We are all suppose to be adults, and are responsible for our own actions, no matter the outcome.

 

Agreed
By “no laws” I was referring to personal responsibility laws.

 

I like it. You gonna run for office and introduce it?

 

Triple digit bull hauler is going to make trucking great again!
He’s got my vote.

 

Why don't you charge for detention time and get paid ? Your time and truck has value. This way you won't lose half a day. You can sit all day making money if you charge them detention pay.

I was told many time by dispatch do drive the truck and get load delivered, it was legal so drive the truck or get fired. I was even told to drive sick, unless I was willing to go to emergency room then I was not sick enough to stop driving.

 

But hos isn't about you the driver being responsible, it is about the limit of the company that has abused drivers in the past.

Until we get that idea through the majority of drivers, this industry will continue to be viewed as one made up of children and can't self-police themselves.

 

It is true many companies have and still do abuse drivers. In most cases I believe a driver can assert himself and suggest the dispatcher discuss it with safety. Sometimes you're really stuck in a situation but only for a little while. Hence the 100 + % turnover.

 

Yeah like does the 3 hours have to be used at once or can you take like 3 1 hour break if needed or 1.5 hours. Like use it when u want as long as it's more than 1 hour but no more than 3.

 

Here is the relevant text...
(1) a covered driver may suspend an on-duty period of the driver by an amount of time that is equal to a single off-duty rest break carried out by the driver during such on-duty period, provided the suspension—

(A) does not exceed 3 hours; and

(B) does not extend the total drive time limits contained in section 395.3(a)(3) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; and

(2) no other requirements relating to rest breaks during an on-duty period, including the requirement specified in section 395.3(a)(3)(ii) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, apply to a covered driver.