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11 Hour Driving Time
#31
08-10-2005, 10:08 AM
Re: 11hrs
Originally Posted by sonic2wb
As i seen no one brung it up i will and probilly get flamed for it. But here it goes.
I try to drive at least 8 or 9 hours in a day but it may take me more i log by miles at 70/mph i may drive 600miles in a day 600/70 = 8.5 hours but due to traffic/weater/bathroom/food/etc.. it may take me 9-10 hours but all i show is 8.5 hrs but everyone is different but i dont break the 11hr rule unless its within 1hour for example if i drive 770miles/11hrs and my stop is 30 or 40miles away i will dirve to make it. plus i dont see anyone sitting and driving for 11hrs straight
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#32
08-10-2005, 10:21 AM
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Logging by how long it would have taken you to get there is a real good way to have something come back and bite you in the azz one day. It may not happen during a roadside check it might happen during a DOT audit 6 months down the road and they are going to wonder how you went 650 miles in 10 hours during the blizzard of that year (or something like it).
================================================ On a more "philisophical" note logging any other way than how you do it only reinforces trucking companies' behaviour when it comes to pushing drivers to meet extremely tight or impossible dispatches as well as continues to give them excuses to not raise the driver pay to what it should be.
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#33
08-10-2005, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by susansmith
That's how I log too, sonic. I use a lower mph in my calculations, but bacsically... I figure how long it *should* have taken me to get there in a perfect world, and that's what I log.
I don't do it to go over 11 hours in a day, but to just not burn up my 70. While I'm driving, I'm on line 3... but when I stop, it may turn out that my log may have gotten there a bit before I did. Guess we run a little too legal than most. 8)
#35
08-10-2005, 12:35 PM
You cannot legally log at 70 mph when the speed limit is 60 or 55 mph. If you are caught, you will probably be shut down and fined for log book falsification, which is a major fine and points on your CDL. Even if the posted speed is 70, you are taking a chance on getting a ticket. All you have to do is make a small error in your calculations and you are nailed. Your speed should ideally not be more than 2-3 mph under the posted speed in a particular state. Today, some of the DOT people, thanks to technology, can track your route from the time you leave until you are at the destination and tell how fast you were going. I was checked a couple of years ago in New York. The DOT guy did a complete inspection with about 18" of snow on the ground and -9 degree temperature. He plugged all of my information into his computer, which was in his van, and gave me a clean bill of health. I have no doubt that he would have ticketed me if he could have, legally done so. Just go ahead and log the way you are and one day you will either be checked or get into an accident, whether it is your fault or not, and you will pay the price. For me, it isn't worth the risk. I have more than 3.5MM miles without a chargeable accident or moving violation on my record. I have been checked on several occasions. I keep my log book straight and I don't log 70 mph in 55 mph states. I don't care for some of the rules, but that is part of this profession. We are not required to like them, but we are required to follow them. When you get caught, and you will at some point, it will reflect poorly on all of us. If you get close enough to fire you will get burned sooner or later. :roll: Mad Dog, I was beginning to think you were a figment of Bush Bunny's imagination brought on by acute sleep diprivation. :lol: How is the truck hunting coming along? :?
#36
08-10-2005, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by yoopr
Running team and only driving 10 hrs?? :shock:
makes you want to say Hmmmmm NOW the truth comes out-no wonder she can't drive when she's running single :P What can I say, she said she would buy dinner tonight - I got excited forgot what I was typing!
#38
08-10-2005, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by GMAN
Mad Dog, I was beginning to think you were a figment of Bush Bunny's imagination brought on by acute sleep diprivation. :lol: How is the truck hunting coming along? :?
#39
08-10-2005, 01:01 PM
Originally Posted by Mad Dog
Originally Posted by yoopr
Running team and only driving 10 hrs?? :shock:
makes you want to say Hmmmmm NOW the truth comes out-no wonder she can't drive when she's running single :P What can I say, she said she would buy dinner tonight - I got excited forgot what I was typing!
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#40
08-10-2005, 03:36 PM
Originally Posted by yoopr
You can't even log 70mph when the SPEED LIMIT is 70mph-CAN'T be done
I've always found,that if you can make your log average 55-60 mph,you'll never have a problem. The closer to 55,the better.
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