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<blockquote data-quote="trickpony1" data-source="post: 73691" data-attributes="member: 1957"><p>The DOT rules are not rocket science. Listen real close.</p><p>They are based on a 24 hour day (begining at midnight).</p><p>The OLD rules were:</p><p> 8 hours off between shifts means you could work 15, take an hour meal to total 16. 16 plus 8 equals 24. You could only drive 10 of the 15 hours so that means you could do other non-driving work for 5 hours. As someone just mentioned, you can drive an additional 2 hours if you are caught in bad weather which I find hard to believe given satelite communications, email, the weather channel and cell phones.</p><p>The NEW rules are:</p><p> 10 hours off between shifts means you have 14 hours to work AND TAKE A MEAL. Of the 14 hours you can drive 11 hours. Gotta love our government....they were worried about us falling asleep at the wheel so what do they do? They give us an additional hour of drive time. Bless their hearts. So.......of the 14 hours you are allowed to work AND take your hour meal, you can drive 11 of those hours and do non-driving work the remaining 2 hours. Once again, 10 plus 14 equals 24.</p><p>End of lesson.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trickpony1, post: 73691, member: 1957"] The DOT rules are not rocket science. Listen real close. They are based on a 24 hour day (begining at midnight). The OLD rules were: 8 hours off between shifts means you could work 15, take an hour meal to total 16. 16 plus 8 equals 24. You could only drive 10 of the 15 hours so that means you could do other non-driving work for 5 hours. As someone just mentioned, you can drive an additional 2 hours if you are caught in bad weather which I find hard to believe given satelite communications, email, the weather channel and cell phones. The NEW rules are: 10 hours off between shifts means you have 14 hours to work AND TAKE A MEAL. Of the 14 hours you can drive 11 hours. Gotta love our government....they were worried about us falling asleep at the wheel so what do they do? They give us an additional hour of drive time. Bless their hearts. So.......of the 14 hours you are allowed to work AND take your hour meal, you can drive 11 of those hours and do non-driving work the remaining 2 hours. Once again, 10 plus 14 equals 24. End of lesson. [/QUOTE]
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