Blah blah blah blowhard. See below....................

Please be sure not to finish it. No need to endanger further prospective drivers/viewers with your reckless clownery.....

 

And you think sliding your 5th wheel will take weight off your trailer tandems.

I think you're Kevin with a few years under his belt.

 

Yes, Billybob supertrucker would be legal to do so, as long as he is on line 1 or 2.

It is illegal to POSSESS alcohol in a CMV, anytime. Except of course if you are a beer and liquor delivery driver.

Well, the next morning is up to all of us drivers as to whether or not we are sober enough to drive safely. LOL

 

the way i understand it,

you can't drink and sleep at the same time.

if Billybob gets put back on duty and Billybob is drunk,

he's toast if there's any situation that bring's the LEO.

does'nt make any sense why Billybob would

risk his license/career.

anything could happen, at any time.

Respect Yourself Billybob and be Professional, Be Safe.

Don't be stumbling to your truck, drunk.

 

resting <> sleeping

 

wanderingson said:

I would LOVE to believe that YOU, who have been wandering for so long and just recently came back to admonish me for "bickering," were the absolute LEGAL REFERENCE and answer to this question. But, somehow, I don't believe you are. You are taking a stance similar to the one I have had, ..... yet I don't see YOUR quote in Bel's sigline yet. But, be not afraid. I doubt you will suffer the attacks that I have over your "opinion" or interpretation. That is something that is ONLY supposed to happen to Hobo.

Interesting interpretation, but you will not find the word POSSESS in the regs. The word they use is "CARRY" and that implies a moving vehicle IN OPERATION. [In fact, the only "exception" to this rule specifically refers to CARRYING alcohol in a moving (unladen) CMV enroute to a destination by a company driver who is ROD, or used as a personal conveyance by an owner operator at ANY time that he is not laden and is OFF DUTY.] Hmm... so I guess that dispels the theory that ANY time spent on or in a CMV is considered ON Duty. According to the regs, an O/O can DRIVE his (by definition) CMV at any time he wants when he is not ON DUTY or "laden," and carry alcohol if he wants, and NOT bust his reset. The regs ALSO say that they make no distinction between an O/O and a company driver.

That is correct, in theory. In FACT, we must not have MORE than .02 to keep from possibly being put OOS, or .04 or more to make us DUI in a CMV. We must also not have imbibed within 4 hours of going "on duty" and cannot "carry" any alcohol with us while in operation. Those are the regs. Those are the ONLY fmcsa regs.

There MIGHT be state laws that are more strict, but I know of very few, if any (although there IS a law against operating a CMV after "consuming" alcohol, but they must prove it.)

I agree that, as mature and professional men and women, we should be conscious of, and responsible for, our actions while employed in this occupation. The FMCSA expects this of us.

However, they also admit and acknowledge that alcohol is a legal substance and our off duty/free time is our own. They have carefully worded their regulations with that in mind while STILL making regulations that, in their own words, ensure the safety of the motoring public... while protecting the rights of drivers. [note: there is no concern for the motoring public as concerns a truck that is parked for the night in a truckstop.]

They ALSO made it clear that companies MAY make policies that are more stringent, and I have found some that did. I also noted that those companies DID SO because the fmcsa regs did NOT go as far as they wanted to go. [and probably have beer Nazi's out there watching their drivers.]

 

Had, as in past tense,..... I'm impressed

 

Exactly.

 

And no where in the Regs. does it say you can "Drink Alcohol" in a CMV.

 

STATE LAWS will take immediate action:

Possession of Alcohol in a Commercial Vehicle -- Possession of an unopened or open container of alcohol in a commercial motor vehicle is an infraction. (This does not apply to excursion passenger vehicles, for-hire passenger vehicles, or motor homes if the alcohol beverage is in the possession of a passenger or is in the passenger area.)