It's just the "what if's" what if your meet guy has a flat leaving you stuck between lost and found on your 14. What if you sit 4 hours on the Greensboro bench before you get your bills. Traffic jams, accidents etc. We have day runs thats less than 600 miles that takes every piece of 11 hours because of traffic. Now, the way I understand it. You can legally drive yourself back to the barn regardless of what slowed you down but there's some that will disagree. In the comic book world it's easy to make little things disappear but in the computerized world, your hour meter keeps ticking no matter what. I think a night time 630 mile trip shouldn't be a problem but they may make everything idiot proof. I think a lot of the runs that gets cut depends on who's running it. Some drivers are Schm*cks. You know the ones with the porky pine haircut with glasses so thick they look like Mr. Magoo. They wear their d.o.t. certified vest in the bunk room and have the number to OSHA on speed dial. These are the ones that will f it up.I'm curious why people think some runs will be cut due to e-logs. If a scheduled run couldn't be legally logged on paper, it wouldn't have been opened in the first place. I have a 630-mile meet, so suffice it to say I'm concerned, but I just can't see why they would go so far as to cut a run and reroute a lane if it's already being run and logged legally and reasonably consistently. Thoughts, anyone?
It's just the "what if's" what if your meet guy has a flat leaving you stuck between lost and found on your 14. What if you sit 4 hours on the Greensboro bench before you get your bills. Traffic jams, accidents etc. We have day runs thats less than 600 miles that takes every piece of 11 hours because of traffic. Now, the way I understand it. You can legally drive yourself back to the barn regardless of what slowed you down but there's some that will disagree. In the comic book world it's easy to make little things disappear but in the computerized world, your hour meter keeps ticking no matter what. I think a night time 630 mile trip shouldn't be a problem but they may make everything idiot proof. I think a lot of the runs that gets cut depends on who's running it. Some drivers are Schm*cks. You know the ones with the porky pine haircut with glasses so thick they look like Mr. Magoo. They wear their d.o.t. certified vest in the bunk room and have the number to OSHA on speed dial. These are the ones that will f it up.
I ran for Werner on a dedicated acct before getting the estes testes and the theory was that the computer logs dont allow for any play. if you run out of hours on the exit ramp, you're in violation. That's a ding on the companies CSA. They will cut runs to make certain you have plenty of time. I wouldn't expect any run over 600 miles at most and to be realistic, probably 550.
I'd probably be reprimanded for having the biggest ding over there.
man, its going to be a pain teaching this old dog new tricks