Hey Hobo! You've been on here a lot lately. I'm just wondering if you are between coolie carriers again?:lol:

Let's not forget what happened last time you had too much time on your hands.......................:drunk:

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And you must have just watched Billy Madison on TV....lol

 

my mistake sorry

 

That's how bad this thread has become. It's to the point where one isn't even sure what one is replying to anymore.

 

I was really hoping for a reply from the DOT guy as he would know the rules pertaining to this and he would not try to read into the regs what he wants.



As for the actual physical control part. The funny thing is that all you have to do is have the keys in your pocket etc and be inside a motor vehicle and able to get to the controls of the motor vehicle.

Since you can just get up and walk from your sleeper to the controls and you have the keys either in your pocket of in the ignition then you are actually in control of that vehicle.


Open container laws may vary from state to state possibly but in North Dakota and Minnesota, it is illegal to have an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle that is not a bus that is carrying passengers etc. A comercial vehicle is not a bus or RV so to speak and would fall under the same rules as Billybobs pickup or Chevy Elcamino or Camero.

But I quess if our DOT guy does not post up and give us the stuff we need to understand this then I will be one of the guys that says that if you plan on having a few then you better have a room rented for the evening or be staying at a friends house.

Oh and LEO does patrol the truck stops. And if he can possibly see you hoisting a cold one through a window as he drives by. That would be probable cause to get out and tap on your door. I know a driver that was parked int he flying hook in Fargo ND that got a tap on his door. He was drinking one of them energy drinks and the can looks like a coors light (silver bullet).

 

North Carolina Statute: (result of search for "open container CMV")

§ 20‑138.2C. Possession of alcoholic beverages while operating a commercial motor vehicle.


A person commits the offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle while possessing alcoholic beverages if the person drives a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in G.S. 20‑4.01(3d), upon any highway, any street, or any public vehicular area within the State while having an open or closed alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of the commercial motor vehicle.

This section shall not apply to the driver of a commercial motor vehicle that is also an excursion passenger vehicle, a for‑hire passenger vehicle, a common carrier of passengers, or a motor home, if the alcoholic beverage is in possession of a passenger or is in the passenger area of the vehicle. (1999‑330, s. 2.)

Note the way they relate OPERATING to DRIVING.

 

Hobo why are you on here so much now?issedoff: Oh no, not again already!:eek2:

Drifting from one coolie carrier to another huh?:lol: One thing for sure. If Golfhobo is unemployed again..........it will make for a longggggg Christmas season on CAD.:zzz: A 'wet brain' is a terrible thing to waste.

Golfhobo= CAD wordsmith. NOT (well maybe in his own mind)

 

belpre122 I'm really starting to think you are in love with hobo. you spend a awful lot of time worrying about what he is doing.

 

Your memory must be shorter than your "pogo stick." :lol2:

I'm sure I told you that I am doing a "butthead" linehaul run now, and get back to the terminal each night. It's hardly worth the 45 minute drive home (and back) for only about 3 hours, but that's what I'm doing MOST nights.

I'm off on Sunday and Monday. Steady paycheck direct deposited every Thursday night like clockwork!

But, I sure do miss REAL truck driving! Though, right now... I sure don't miss the slow freight! :lol: