Why you don't stop on the shoulder!

They did what they could. There were trucks parked on Northbound 81 from Glade Springs to the 77/81 split. There wasn't a nearby safe place to head to.

And alot of them probably had to deal with deskjockey stupidity in the form of company policy on top of asinine HOS regs.

 

Yes they do. They do not want you stopping on the side of the road. Common sense still has some weight, even with the dot.

 

If the road is impassable and you are stuck in a traffic back up you are not required to shut the truck off and go in the sleeper when your 14 expires.

Stupid company policy has nothing to do with hos regs. That's an entirely different conversation.

 

Can you site the reg please.

 

Nope and not gonna take the time to look it up. you've got the same green book as i do. But its there, worded something like "directed to do so by law enforcement" in the hours of service section.

Point is, if there is a verifiable traffic stoppage(and in today's world of a highway gets shut down there is going to be a record of it) you will not get a ticket or put out of service for going over your 14 in order to get to safe parking. Parking on the shoulder of the interstate is not safe parking, and I'm fairly certain its flat out illegal. But it better be a legitimate unusable event, like a couple winters back i spent over 30 freaking hours on 65 just south of Louisville due to the road being blocked. Was not on elogs at the time but logged it all on duty and when they finally got us moving i didn't find safe parking until i was in Florence ky. Why did i log it all on duty? Cause that road closure was national news and i didn't want to risk an officer catching i was in the area at the time it happened and give me a ticket for falsifying my logs.

 

It’s the same conversation when your elog device is set up according to company policy.

 

No it isnt. No company retarded safety guy sets hos regulations. They set company policy. If company policy is retarded and wants drivers parking on the interstate shoulder then its up to the driver to be a man and tell them to shove it.

 

Can you receive a ticket by DOT for breaking company policy, yes or no?

 

Only if breaking that company policy also violates a dot regulation.