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Originally Posted by CaliTrucker
If she is in the truck, I'd say log it accordingly, because she occasionally does drive and holds a commercial license and technically is a co-driver.
But she’s NOT a co-driver. If I picked up a load and brought it back to my yard, and I went off duty and she got in the truck and delivered the load, she wouldn’t be a co-driver. According to the nice lady in Idaho, the wife could drive one day and I could drive the next and never be on each other’s log as co-drivers. Quite frankly, I can’t find anything in the regs that indicates you couldn’t both drive in the same day and not be co-drivers. I own the truck so I can easily be a rider with a form signed by me (if the DOT wants to be picky) giving me permission to be a rider. Same goes for my wife. Why can't I (or she) not be off duty for a day and just be a rider? This is why I’m interested in the definition of a co-driver. That one DOT officer might agree that I can do this, but I have doubts as to whether or not every officer would see things my (or her) way.