Posted On: August 25, 2006, 5:59 pm CDT

Posted By: Trucker

In Response to Mr. Jones' comment-Truckers are only allowed to DRIVE 11 hours before taking a 10 hour break. True, that leaves 3 more hours in a 24 hour day but the Government also REQUIRES other things, such as pretrip inspections, time spent fueling, time spent loading or unloading, time spent waiting to be dispatched, to be logged in a 14 hour period. So NO a Trucker does not drive 14 hours a day. Some days, depending on how long it takes him to get loaded or unloaded, or how long he sits in a road construction traffic jam, he doesnt even drive the 11 hours he is allowed to drive because he cant-he is only allowed to show 14 hours a day on duty, which includes all of the above, as well as driving. If he sits somewhere 4 hours waiting to get loaded, he can only drive 10 hours. I have sit at places for 6 or 7 hours waiting to get unloaded-that counts against my driving time. If I sit 6 hours, I can only drive 8 hours that day. Thats the way the regulations are set up.