New log book rules

[Gary_in_Indiana]

That seems to be the consensus and there is more than a little logic to support it. As I understand it, long haul drivers will actually be able to run up to fourteen hours instead of the current ten so they will benefit by getting in more miles per day.

The short run, short haul and LTL drivers who have more pickups, deliveries and time awaiting being loaded and unloaded are capped at fourteen hours from the time they start their truck in the AM to when they're out of hours, regardless of how much of that fourteen hour window was spent sitting in yards and at loading docks not turning a wheel.

The shippers will catch on soon enough when their loads scheduled to deliver six hundred miles away aren't there for over a day because the shipper had the driver backed up to his door for three hours getting loaded. One shipper I know just added eight new dock spaces at his warehouse. Unfortunately, he added no new shipping or dock personnel. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif Now all he has is more docks for trucks to sit at without anyone loading them. Maybe personnel and fork lifts are part of 'phase II' in the plan. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Durbob]

Long haulers will be able to drive 11 hours instead of 10. Then they have to shut down for 10 hours instead of 8 like it is now, so it's not gonna help a whole lot. The 14 hours is on duty and driving total.

 

[5030]

Gary:

We are having a drivers' meeting next Saturday and some restaurant in Ohio that I have never been too. I will go and sample the food and listen to the speakers. I guess we will be addressed by some Ohio Department of Transportation Officers about the new 11-14HOS rule and how it will effect our operation.

The company I work for sponsors quite a few different items for ODOT. I guess they are reciprocating.

If I ascertain anything new next weekend, I'll post it.