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The Runner Gunner Lunch Skippers are HATING the new DOT lunch rule
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1167751" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>728, they may be interested in auditing records; UPS is making sure we follow through on that part. And it doesn't take much thought to realize if I put in a 30 min lunch but also show work for that time UPS may come after me for leaving them open to sanctions. However, there are too many big rig drivers out there (and maybe some smaller outfits as well) where it is too easy to do some really egregious things, akin to delivering while "taking lunch", versus TOUCHING a box while on break, which the record won't show, which can't be proven unless directly observed, and if observed can be clearly seen to be not dangerous at all, in that sorting the truck doesn't tire a driver out, for the most part. You can exert more enrgy reading the sports section if you know the route well enough (putting stops is sequence is a whole lot easier than figuring out why the Phillies brought Darin Ruf back up to fill in for Howard, or what took so long in the first place to IR Howard). </p><p></p><p>They aren't looking for that, and even if they stumbled across it, they know it isn't the dangerous condition the law is meant to stop, provided the driver isn't "compelled" to do so, which is why I believe they may ask some questions to see what the driver is up to, and why. I move boxes around sometimes to clear space for me to lay out on my truck floor. Have I "broken the law"? Yes. Does the DOT care? No.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1167751, member: 32753"] 728, they may be interested in auditing records; UPS is making sure we follow through on that part. And it doesn't take much thought to realize if I put in a 30 min lunch but also show work for that time UPS may come after me for leaving them open to sanctions. However, there are too many big rig drivers out there (and maybe some smaller outfits as well) where it is too easy to do some really egregious things, akin to delivering while "taking lunch", versus TOUCHING a box while on break, which the record won't show, which can't be proven unless directly observed, and if observed can be clearly seen to be not dangerous at all, in that sorting the truck doesn't tire a driver out, for the most part. You can exert more enrgy reading the sports section if you know the route well enough (putting stops is sequence is a whole lot easier than figuring out why the Phillies brought Darin Ruf back up to fill in for Howard, or what took so long in the first place to IR Howard). They aren't looking for that, and even if they stumbled across it, they know it isn't the dangerous condition the law is meant to stop, provided the driver isn't "compelled" to do so, which is why I believe they may ask some questions to see what the driver is up to, and why. I move boxes around sometimes to clear space for me to lay out on my truck floor. Have I "broken the law"? Yes. Does the DOT care? No. [/QUOTE]
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