Red Devil
The Power of Connected
Yeah no kidding. But why not then just make it 18 hours? 20? Maybe the DOT rule should say you can’t work any more than 24 hours in a row unless the company provides your amphetamines.
DOT Hours of service change.
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silverbullet2893
KILL KILL!!
@Jumpin Jack Flash did they change the hours for pilots too?
I do. I live at the end of my route now, so I take my lunch and breaks at home.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Not allowed in my local. Diad will need time entered between 11am-3 pm.
AKCoverMan
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Yes but it’s driving time, and in package we spend half our time selecting packages, delivering, and picking up. It would take a very very rural route with very low stop density and lots of miles to get tomeight hours of behind-the-wheel drive time in a day.
Rack em
Made the Podium
I've heard of a route that does 12-15 stops a day and it's over 12 hours every day. I can't imagine it's less than 11 hours of drive time.
It doesn't matter because package drivers don't keep a log book. The only thing that counts in package is on duty time.
Red Devil
The Power of Connected
Imagine finding a missing piece late in the day on that one
Seymour Packages
Well-Known Member
#missed and keep it moving. I don't care if its NDA early am critical medical, they will get it tomorrow.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Seymour Packages
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After I'm back at the building and punched out? Naw. Nice try though.
That's not the right attitude
What'dyabringmetoday???
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Which is exactly why the hours of service rules should not be the same as a tractor-trailer driver. And if you dig in to the rules, you might find that they actually are not the same.
AKCoverMan
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It is. You can actually get driving time out of telematics. Subtract out lunches, breaks, am time, pm time, all time spent at stops. If your really behind the wheel over 11 hours you are in violation. But I bet not.
Over70irregs
Well-Known Member
Take your lunch and breaks. Your body and wallet will thank you.
quad decade guy
Well-Known Member
attaboy....run off another customer.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
The company could make sure drivers are not overwhelmed. You throw more stops in than a driver can do in one day and service will suffer.
quad decade guy
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Point is-his hateful punitive attitude.....towards the customer. I'm no homer but believe it or not...customers remember. We need all we can get.
Seymour Packages
Well-Known Member
It's not punitive at all. It's reality. My customers on my route love me. I rarely if ever miss a package and I don't have service failures if I can help it. However when the company piles on more work than physically possible, blowing out a 1000 just because they can, SERVICE WILL SUFFER. Period. There WILL be late air, missed pieces, etc. These are the facts of life. Especially on rural/split routes where a missed pkg found later in the day can be up to 20 minutes or more away. I remember when there was at least a semblance of caring about the customer at UPS. Those days are long gone. So please, get off your high horse and realize that the suits that sit behind computers and load us up like rented mules run off many more customers than a driver ever could.
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