URGENT question about the DOT HOS

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  1. Mark Kling

    Mark Kling Technology Contributor

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    Question 5: How may a driver utilize the adverse driving conditions exception or the emergency conditions exception as found in §395.1(b), to preclude an hours of service violation?

    Guidance:

    An absolute prerequisite for any such claim must be that the trip involved is one which could normally and reasonably have been completed without a violation and that the unforeseen event occurred after the driver began the trip.

    Drivers who are dispatched after the motor carrier has been notified or should have known of adverse driving conditions are not eligible for the two hours additional driving time provided for under §395.1(b), adverse driving conditions. The term “in any emergency” shall not be construed as encompassing such situations as a driver’s desire to get home, shippers’ demands, market declines, shortage of drivers, or mechanical failures.
     
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  3. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    My goodness you mean to say that elogs are cheating my my my
     
  4. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    I think that is a awesome post. Stories are made into Legends from that kind of situation.

    I apologize if I came off difficult, frankly I would have gone through Reno and kept going myself in your shoes. Im not inclined to want to fight Donner too often. It's a gnarly mountain hill either way.
     
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  5. Streetroddreams

    Streetroddreams Medium Load Member

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    Gotta love them elogs
    Heck mine showed me driving over 18 million miles in 1day...you read that right.
     
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  6. 48Packard

    48Packard Ol' Two-stop Shag!

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    ...so, you’re now on a 34-year restart? :confused:
     
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  7. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    I wouldn't be able to do that even if my truck really did have a lifetime average of between 400-800 mph as indicated by my GPS (depending on the day).
     
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  8. Streetroddreams

    Streetroddreams Medium Load Member

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    As soon as I get over being 30 hours over my daily limit.wish I could figure out how to add pix lol
     
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  9. Streetroddreams

    Streetroddreams Medium Load Member

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    Heck you must be running that premium deisel not4hire lol
     
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  10. not4hire

    not4hire Road Train Member

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    Jet A-1 :D
     
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  11. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    1. Take a picture with your phone.
    2. Start a thread/reply to a post
    3. Click on the “upload a file” button below the text box you’re typing in
    4. Find the pic in your phones memory and select it
     
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