Rev.Vassago said:
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What, no "spirit" of the regulation?
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Hmm.... not sure. There MAY be one hanging around this topic.
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The important part that states that the driver had to be able to complete the trip within the 11 hour clock. If you are in the middle of a multi-day run when you happen upon the adverse conditions, you can only continue to a safe place to park.
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Interesting point. Forgetting for now that we WERE talking about "local wusses," this time you MIGHT have a point. For OTR drivers, who may not be able to reach their consignee during THAT particular day, I believe you are right. They would have NO expectation of "completing" their trip within the clocks for THAT day anyway, so they MAY not even be given the extra two hours of DRIVING TIME to reach a truckstop or whatever. Maybe only an OFF RAMP or something. This would give their dispatch a full day to schedule a LATE delivery, or repower the load. Then again.... assuming the TOTAL trip was within reach per dispatched hours, WOULD that "exemption" still apply? I don't know. Let's ask the SPIRIT!
Once again, we have a situation where the FMCSR's are designed to accomodate LOCAL drivers, or SOLO drivers. The fact that they didn't clarify their postition for LONG HAUL drivers, shows that they think in terms of ONE DAY trips. They clearly made an "exemption" based on an expectation that the driver was on his LAST leg of the trip OR it was a ONE DAY trip.
However, the fact remains that I did NOT leave out any important information when I corrected Double R's statement that OTR drivers could extend their 14 hour clock to 16. Since this was a thread about LOCAL WUSSES, I didn't feel the need to go into extravagant detail about the rules for OTR drivers and take the chance of confusing these "local wusses!" :lol2:
I left that up to YOU! :clap: