its getting hotter, hows your idling?

[all18wheels]

i was wondering how my fellow california drivers are dealing with the heat?

are you still idling? has anyone seen anyone patroling the rest/truckstops looking for idlers?

i havent been idling in CA. im scared of bears.

[ohiomohawk]

So what if they start finding truckers suffering from heat strokes and other heat related illnesses due to exposure to extreme temperatures?

Could a company face a lawsuit if a trucker suffers a heat stroke?

[all18wheels]

im not worried about my company. i'll get a hotel if it really gets hot.
its the law i fear.

[kc0iv]

So what if they start finding truckers suffering from heat strokes and other heat related illnesses due to exposure to extreme temperatures?

Could a company face a lawsuit if a trucker suffers a heat stroke?

A company could be sued. Now would the plaintiff prevail? If the law, like CA., says "no idle" I doubt the plaintiff would prevail.

kc0iv

[Jumbo]

I have been watching how much I idle. I ususally run the truck with the air on high for about an hour then I shut it off and go to bed. It doesn' stay cool in here for the whole night but it helps. Our company also reimburses one motel room a week so we have also been taking advantage of that. It has been fairly cool so far so there have been a lot of nights just rolling the windows down has been nice.

[TruckerChris]

I idle 24/7. CFI wont be putting apu's on so I'm never going to shut the truck off.

It's OK for the office people to run the central air 24/7 but the driver has to sleep in a pool of sweat to save the company money?

[Malaki86]

If it's hot and I'm inside the truck, it runs. If I can sleep without sweating, or if I'm not in the truck, I shut it down.

Last week I had an idle time of 1.5%.

[Double R]

Depends on the outside temp, depends on if I run the truck or not. Last couple of weeks have been nice at night to sleep without the truck running. If I'm unloading at a stop or P/U a backhaul, then the truck is OFF. We have no idle restriction nor computers in the truck that track us or our idleing. All they have said to us was that if we need to idle to sleep, do it. Just turn the trucks off at the stops. If fuel keeps rising though, they are thinking off dumping the sleepers and getting us daycabs(there are only four of us that use sleepers).

[Jumbo]

It's OK for the office people to run the central air 24/7 but the driver has to sleep in a pool of sweat to save the company money?

That is so true. I am not sleeping in a pool of sweat for anyone. If they think they can run it any better I'll give them the keys.

[Syncrosonix]

all last week i was running around in the desert. i was idling the truck like crazy. i can usually deal with an inside temperature of 95. when it becomes hotter than that, the truck will be idling. when it's humid, it's gonna idle no matter what unless i can get hooked up to idle air somewhere.

[LadyNorthStar]

Hotter? Riiiight. Its snowing here now and was yesterday morning too. Idle? Yea... for heat maybe.

[ct77]

I heard you could idle at truckstops in California it was just everywhere else where it was not allowed. This did not make sense to me since there are no boundaries on air and where it goes.

[zipy46]

Therometer is sayin 103

Time to idle

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Was in a Truck stop in Cali a while back.

Most there were idling...

You are allowed 5 mins of idle time then turn it off the idle for 5 more.

Whose to know when u started it up. 8)

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Never in my life seen a DOT roaming a truck stop parking lot,

but then I aint seen everything

[Syncrosonix]

I heard you could idle at truckstops in California it was just everywhere else where it was not allowed. This did not make sense to me since there are no boundaries on air and where it goes.

the cops down in el centro patrol the truck stop and other places where trucks are parked, looking for those who are idling.

[Syncrosonix]

Hotter? Riiiight. Its snowing here now and was yesterday morning too. Idle? Yea... for heat maybe.

and al gore has this big idea that global warming is for real. yeah freaking right! there's an even bigger chance of a MANBEARPIG sighting.

[all18wheels]

I heard you could idle at truckstops in California it was just everywhere else where it was not allowed. This did not make sense to me since there are no boundaries on air and where it goes.

the cops down in el centro patrol the truck stop and other places where trucks are parked, looking for those who are idling.

that's what i was looking for.
what are the california people doing since we cant idle anymore

[WildK9]

Hmmm, three weeks ago I sat for a day and a half, down in Ontario,CA idling the whole time while waiting for service on my APU. Didn't have a single problem, even with the local police driving around.

[Syncrosonix]

Hmmm, three weeks ago I sat for a day and a half, down in Ontario,CA idling the whole time while waiting for service on my APU. Didn't have a single problem, even with the local police driving around.

they were most likely more concerned with the recreational reptiles, junk salesmen, and potential thieves waiting for somebody to prey on. one of my fellow swifties got stabbed in a botched mugging attempt at the t/a east. this happened back in early march, i think. he beat the **** out of one of the wanna-be thugs while the other ran away like a pansy. they never got his money.

[Ronin]

yeah I stay away from Ontario and just hit Fontana when I was with Swift. There are a few truckstops nearby and it's within walking distance.