What the new hours of service really mean.

I pack a sandwich for lunch, I can take a leak in less then 7 minutes. I check my stuff before I leave. I don't want to stop the truck when it is rolling. By the time I get pulled in parked, logged, take the break, relog get back out onto the road. An hour has been wasted and more then 60 miles have been lost.

 

They say the 30 minute break is for rest . What takes more energy , cruising down the interstate 30 minutes or getting off a ramp , finding a parking space , then going back to the ramp and on the interstate ?
Which has the most interactions with other vehicles thereby increasing accident risk ?
This is just another ploy to meet the Teamster goal to reduce the earnings of nonunion drivers .

 

How are earning reduced? You have 14 hrs to drive that 11 don't you? You only have 70 hrs is 8 days (OTR) don't you? You will only be able to do one reset in each 168 hr block with new regs. When planned right, that allows for a hair over 11.5 hrs a day of driving/working between resets. Now you have 14 hrs in which to pop off that 11.5 hrs driving/working, then how is a 30 min break going to negatively affect that? And increasing interactions with traffic? One more interaction in 14 hrs compared to the hundreds in that same time frame? Now that is a real stretch in logic.

 

If you used more than 3 hours on duty the break eats into your drive time . How many vehicles would you interact with ? Many more than 1

 

has anybody ever thought one size doesn't fit all,give me whatever hrs to work in a day let me split as i see fit.ill drive when feel good sleep when need be,has worked for 35 years for me.no accidents.

 

Individuality doesn't fit into the government computer matrix.

 

The government likes the "one size fits all" approach. next thing you know, they will let ya know what time your aloud to take a #####!

 

At least the women drivers won't be bothered by a 30 min break, we have to stop to pee anyway

 

Cowpie, you just can not understand math can you? Finding a safe place to take a 30 minute break and getting back out on the road sucks up between 45 minutes to an hour of time during a persons day. That is anywere from 50 to 60 miles further back that puts you every day. For some, if they drive a certain amount of miles each and every day and it takes them a certain amount of time to do it. Now they are having to spend about another hour each day getting back that what was lost by having to take the break. In a seven day stretch they would have to put in an extra 7 hours trying to get that time back or they would be 7 hours behind. It greatly effects my job as it is. it would no be as bad if the break stopped the 14 hour clock but it does not and that is why I and many others hate the 30 minute break mandate.

 

For stopping one time for the 30 min break and re-entering traffic, that is ONE occurrence. Everyone interacts with traffic hundreds of times a day on the road. One more is not going to make or break anything.