You run out of hours, not allowed to park on property for your 10

Very few larger carriers have a "line 5 option" so for the purposes of this discussion we probably should act like this is not an option - which leads us back to the reality you're going to have some un-editable Drive time. It's not the end of the world as many have stated so long as this rarely happens.

Most carriers using Omnitracs have a special macro to send log violation explanations (so it get's to the right person and it's prompty and correctly addressed)

Various systems may have various means to drive without committing Drive time [up to certain limits and thresholds]. That's all I'm going to say.

 

Surely you cannot be suggesting that someone could possibly put themselves on duty, log off the qualcom, drive to the nearest rest area, log back on the qualcom, and accidentally misremember that on-duty time as a thorough post-trip inspection. Because contemplating such a notion would involve considering serious ethical ramifications!

 

Had that problem a few times pulling reefers, but never had that problem pulling tankers.

 

We had that available. If I knew I needed a 10 hr. break before doing any serious driving, I'd log on to a break at the shipper or receiver. When I would leave I'd stay on break and the Elog would beep which means in 5 seconds it will switch to driving which would be in violation. I could push a button before the 5 seconds and drive 10 more minutes while still showing I was on break. One receiver where I did this was 80 miles away from the nearest legal parking at a truckstop so I drove the 80 miles with my finger hovering over the button and pushed it every 10 minutes when it beeped and stayed on break the whole time.
When I got to the truckstop, I only needed about 3 or 4 more hours to complete a 10 hr. break. Did that, then hit the road with a full driving segment fresh and ready to go.

 

That would be nice but I've not seen such a setup. Currently have to slow enough (near stop) before you are given access to any HOS screen interaction. But as long as you perform a certain change before you travel too far or too long you can keep the Drive from ever committing. Pain in the butt but it's sometimes necessary in the real world of refrigerated hauling where limits often are pushed out of necessity.

 

We could drive as fast as the truck would run. When the company found out about it, of course they changed the programming to where you couldn't even change parking spots in a truck stop without being in violation.

 

I watched part of the video. Seems the driver was out of hours, shipper said get out and he parked on the shoulder to wait for the wrecker that his company called so he wouldn't violate. At least that's what I got out of it. Other then that poor driveshaft!!! Man he brutalized that thing!! Lol.

 

Sounds like this thread is mostly reefer related?