Why 10, why not 5 or 3 hours?

The HOS is the goobermint way of stupefying the trucking industry. Here's how they decide on the HOS:

Go to the crappiest company that recruits the crappiest students from the crappiest school, take the bottom 5 drivers from the bottom 5 bottomfeeders, and average them out, and set the rules accordingly. In theory, every moron in North America should be able to qualify and drive a truck.

"But Six, what if they find a moron that can't drive 11 hours?"

You give him a co driver and pay both of them together about the same weekly rate as a solid solo driver. They won't even notice.

 

I think the HOS are a result of the mega companies and really most companies in general that want to push their drivers as hard as possible. It is intended to protect the drivers from being overworked to the point of being to tired to drive. That is the intent.

As an owner operator I am not greedy to the point I want to drive when I am tired but I hate the rules. I don't want to drive over 11 hours a day but the 14 from when you come on duty sucks. Lots of times you get up and go somewhere and then get delayed for six hours and take a nap or whatever and are feeling refreshed and ready to go when it is time to leave but then you can't get far because of your 14. I also hate the 70 hrs in a week rule. I normally work 80+ hours a week when not driving and it doesn't tire me at all. I hate not being able to drive when out of my weekly hours even though I feel perfectly fine to do so.

 

I can't Adult today this is making my head hurt trying to finger this out....AH MAN NO POPCORN EITHER

 

THIS "COMPANY" Have Just 5 letters in the Name???

 

Who needs 8 hrs sleep? I haven't gotten 8 hrs sleep in the 20+ yrs on THE JOB

 

If you average 150 miles in a three hour period, you need to stop driving for Roehl.

 

It is what your brain and body need. That will be what you need and you would feel better than any less hours.

 

I wonder what the OP thinks of the 34 hr restart...

 

Lol. It's a general average. 50 miles an hour for 3 hours. Its the average I use to figure eta at best. And it's a lot easier to understand than 72.3 miles per hour for 3 hours I can't even do that math on the weekends.

 

Well it's not legal in a sense that stealing cable isn't legal. It's not like running drugs illegal. There's clearly different levels. Unless the OP is actually running drugs. Then I definitely wouldn't do it. Always be completely DOT compliant when running drugs. That's what I always say. Actually I've never said that. Until now. So I think I've always said it once.
Better yet. Don't run drugs. Don't do this made up clock thing because you think it's better. In order for it to work you would have to run on their clock and they would have to run on yours. What happens when they are driving on your clock and get in am accident? Now your dealing with an accident that wasn't your fault. I don't care how much you trust someone. The best drivers are capable of accidents.