What is a normal idle percentage for company drivers?

4% is very low. The cards are stacked against you. I'd look elsewhere

 

There are no average drivers and average companies. What's normal for that LTL overnight driver is not average for the city pickup & delivery driver, or OTR dedicated, or regional out and back, etc, etc. 4% idle time is pretty low. Do they have APUs and inverters in the company trucks? If so, you MIGHT be able to meet the target. If they expect you to freeze or sweat while you sleep, you have to decide if you are willing to do it.

Have you talked to current Martin drivers operating out of the terminal you will work from? If you walk into a job without talking to current drivers you deserve to be fooled. Online-only searches are like looking for your lost keys under a streetlight because the light is good when you know you were never under that streetlight with your keys. Just because it's easy doesn't mean it's useful.

 

Idling equals engine running but not in motion. It DOES NOT mean you are parked.

 

10hrs drive. 4% is 24 minutes idle

 

My idle percentage is currently 5.32 and I don't put a lot of effort into it. 4 would probably require shutting the truck off pretty much every time you come to a stop.

 

Agreed! It sounds like there’s very little chance of achieving the guarantee, they can keep their guarantee.