You are not alone, I meet drivers here who have no idea about hours of service. It’s so simple here but guys don’t understand the split break system of taking 2 hour off duty, then 8 in the sleeper. One of our guys was parked outside a drop a few weeks ago and said he had booked 3 hour then booked 7 in the sleeper, I told him no but he wouldn’t have it. Result !he got a violation on his log. The same guy thinks if a trailer is empty it is ok to log off and drive
I explained to him that if that were legal nobody would ever run out of time on our job
Obviously not that simple it 3 hours then 9 for a split daily rest.
You are not alone, I meet drivers here who have no idea about hours of service. It’s so simple here but guys don’t understand the split break system of taking 2 hour off duty, then 8 in the sleeper. One of our guys was parked outside a drop a few weeks ago and said he had booked 3 hour then booked 7 in the sleeper, I told him no but he wouldn’t have it. Result !he got a violation on his log. The same guy thinks if a trailer is empty it is ok to log off and drive
I explained to him that if that were legal nobody would ever run out of time on our job
Obviously not that simple it 3 hours then 9 for a split daily rest.
You are not alone, I meet drivers here who have no idea about hours of service. It’s so simple here but guys don’t understand the split break system of taking 2 hour off duty, then 8 in the sleeper. One of our guys was parked outside a drop a few weeks ago and said he had booked 3 hour then booked 7 in the sleeper, I told him no but he wouldn’t have it. Result !he got a violation on his log. The same guy thinks if a trailer is empty it is ok to log off and drive
I explained to him that if that were legal nobody would ever run out of time on our job
Obviously not that simple it 3 hours then 9 for a split daily rest.
Maybe DCPC IS a good idea after all.
Not for him since he’s not subject to the DCPC
Where is he from? Does it not cover all eu country’s?
Santa:
Of course a driver should know the basic rules, but there are all kinds of exceptions that he may not normally use.
A driver who spent the last ten years doing 8/9 hours a day in an 18 tonner may well not be too sure about the rules for a second break when he goes over ten hours. In 40+ years of driving, I have never double manned so I am not too clear about the rules; neither am I totally sure of the rules about split breaks on ferries. What I do know, is that there are rules and where to find them - so, in the unlikely event, I will look them up. I wouldn’t ask on here because I would get flamed for being an idiot.
When I did my CPC (the manager’s version) I had to learn all sorts of stuff about construction and use, TIR and international rail freight. I promptly forgot it all, but (in those pre-internet days) I had Croner’s exellent guide to look it up if I needed to.
+1, although 30 years for me. And as for the DCPC, are all the instructors clear on the rules ?
