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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 478734" data-attributes="member: 14668">There is a grey area here involving drivers on rural routes who need to drive off trace or even off area in order to find a bathroom or go to a restaraunt. The company has to allow the driver a reasonable amount of leeway if suitable meal or restroom facilites are not available.&nbsp;I have also asked for, and been granted, permission to drive several miles off my area in order to go to a doctor appointment on my lunch hour. The alternative was for me to call in sick on a day when we were shorthanded which would have forced my supervisor to run my route cold with a part-timer helping him. My sup told me that my lunch started once I broke trace. Since I didnt enter my lunch period in the DIAD until I was about to punch out in the evening, I would have still been on the clock had there been an accident while I was driving it to the appointment. Technically I was using the company vehicle for personal reasons, but I had permission and it was certainly benefitting the company to allow me to do so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 478734, member: 14668"] There is a grey area here involving drivers on rural routes who need to drive off trace or even off area in order to find a bathroom or go to a restaraunt. The company has to allow the driver a reasonable amount of leeway if suitable meal or restroom facilites are not available. I have also asked for, and been granted, permission to drive several miles off my area in order to go to a doctor appointment on my lunch hour. The alternative was for me to call in sick on a day when we were shorthanded which would have forced my supervisor to run my route cold with a part-timer helping him. My sup told me that my lunch started once I broke trace. Since I didnt enter my lunch period in the DIAD until I was about to punch out in the evening, I would have still been on the clock had there been an accident while I was driving it to the appointment. Technically I was using the company vehicle for personal reasons, but I had permission and it was certainly benefitting the company to allow me to do so. [/QUOTE]

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