Anyone else being forced to drive 62 hour weeks? On topic

[Kicked Your Dog]

Take everything here with a grain of salt and always try to read it in the contract language or the federal dot HOS manual. It's all available online. Google it. But your BA is right. Work first, grieve later. But this issue is sticky, because the driver is ALWAYS responsible for maintaining their HOS, not management.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

And we are all so proud of you Skippy!

Thanks, Dad!

 

[billerz]

Let's say you did go over your HOS, and you were on duty driving for like 65 hours. What would happen?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What would happen? Most likely nothing; however, if you are caught, you can be put out of service until you have enough off duty time to satisfy the requirement and you or the carrier could be fined anywhere from $1K-$11K per incident.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

This is a half truth. You use the 14 hour rule because you don't enforce people to actually stop working on their paid breaks. It's to cover mgmts ass and has little to do with caring about the drivers. If that was the case, we'd be able to call it a day when we are exhausted and fatigued. The union and dot are the ones who care about driver safety.

It's to cover both our butts. We don't want to get fined and I'd be willing to bet you don't want to get fined either.

 

[Wally]

Break? Whats that?

"said the Runner-Gunner"...

 

[Foamer Pyle]

Been averaging about 46 hours the past couple weeks. Super easy Christmas this year.