What I don't understand about the new HOS regulations...

There is no such thing as restarting your 7/8 days without a 34 hour reset. The days keep rolling and evolving. You drop a day, pick up a day. That's why it's important to keep a recap to see how things are going. If you work steady days you can drive for weeks without a reset. What gets a driver is them short days that he doesn't do much and then is pushing his 70. Dropping a 4 hour day and picking up a 12 hour day doesn't get it. If you drop a 12 hour day you can work a 12 hour day. Capish?

 

Work 8.75 hrs a day and you can go until you die!!!! or the truck runs out of fuel......

 

And the one thing many drivers don't realize, you never HAVE TO take a 34 hour reset, it is entirely your choice.

Of course with the coming new rule modifications you can only do it once per week, which I can't understand why a 34 hour break is supposed to be refreshing one time but not another. It will also be interesting to figure out how accurate enforcement will to look at how long it has been between resets, and what those penalties will be in they think you were wrong.

 

Only count the second reset

If I get two resets a week, I would find a new job.

 

take 24 off and just continue to recap
8 days later take another 24
never reset till you want to
what is the big deal
i never drive without taking a 30 min break anyway
my old kidneys wouldnt stand for it

 

Just drive for a carrier with e-logs . The screen will always show current available hours on your 14 / 11/ 70 .

 

Lol rick you can always put a smile on my face after a long day, week, or weekend. Sometimes I think elogs were made just so we didn't have to use our brains and math. An alternative to elogs if the op has a smart phone would be the recap app for a smart phone. That will break everything down for him as well and he can still be on paper. Either way if you can't recap you need to figure it out quick or have a large pocket book!!!

 

Just get e-logs ? yea, I guess if a paper log is just to confusing for you...

 

Or you could simply log no more than 9 hrs a day, and you d never run out of hours.