Comments on: Sound Off on Hours of Service!!! http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/sound-off-on-hours-of-service/ Helping Companies Comply With D.O.T. Safety Regulations Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:48:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: LYLE R. BENNETT, JR. http://www.arnoldsafetyblog.com/sound-off-on-hours-of-service/comment-page-1/#comment-289 LYLE R. BENNETT, JR. Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:15:04 +0000 http://www.fmcsacompliance.com/?p=136#comment-289 I LIKE THE NEW RULES WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BEFORE UNDER THE OLD RULES THE CARRIERS AND DISPATCHERS AND CUSTOMERS AND SHIPPERS WERE ALWAYS PUSHING YOU. YOU COULD DRIVE 5 HOURS AND TAKE ALL DAY LOADING AND BE EXPECTED TO HAVE THE LOAD DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY. NOW I DON'T HAVE TO WORK 20 HOURS AND DRIVE 10. I KNOW THE FREIGHT COMPANIES ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW HOURS BECAUSE THE DRIVERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. WORKING 24/7 IS HARD, AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE SPLIT SLEEPER HOURS. AS FOR ME I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS. RIGHT NOW THE 70 HOUR RULE IS WORKING FOR ME BUT THERE ARE TIMES I COULD USE ANOTHER 10 BECAUSE I FEEL GOOD, AND NEED TO GET HOME. I LIKE THE 14 ON AND 10 OFF BECAUSE I CAN CONTROL MY DOWN TIME BETTER. I DON'T THINK THE BLACK BOX OR ON-BOARD COMPUTERS ARE NEEDED BY MOST DRIVERS AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE ONE IN MY TRUCK. ALL IN ALL LEAVE THE HOURS ALONE. I AM JUST GETTING USE TO THEM AND I DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THEM. THEY ARE WORKING BETTER FOR ME THAN THE OLD RULES. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. L. RICHARD I LIKE THE NEW RULES WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BEFORE UNDER THE OLD RULES THE CARRIERS AND DISPATCHERS AND CUSTOMERS AND SHIPPERS WERE ALWAYS PUSHING YOU. YOU COULD DRIVE 5 HOURS AND TAKE ALL DAY LOADING AND BE EXPECTED TO HAVE THE LOAD DELIVERED THE NEXT DAY. NOW I DON’T HAVE TO WORK 20 HOURS AND DRIVE 10. I KNOW THE FREIGHT COMPANIES ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NEW HOURS BECAUSE THE DRIVERS ARE FALLING ASLEEP. WORKING 24/7 IS HARD, AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE SPLIT SLEEPER HOURS. AS FOR ME I LIKE IT THE WAY IT IS.
RIGHT NOW THE 70 HOUR RULE IS WORKING FOR ME BUT THERE ARE TIMES I COULD USE ANOTHER 10 BECAUSE I FEEL GOOD, AND NEED TO GET HOME. I LIKE THE 14 ON AND 10 OFF BECAUSE I CAN CONTROL MY DOWN TIME BETTER.
I DON’T THINK THE BLACK BOX OR ON-BOARD COMPUTERS ARE NEEDED BY MOST DRIVERS AND I WOULD NOT LIKE TO HAVE ONE IN MY TRUCK.
ALL IN ALL LEAVE THE HOURS ALONE. I AM JUST GETTING USE TO THEM AND I DON’T WANT TO CHANGE THEM. THEY ARE WORKING BETTER FOR ME THAN THE OLD RULES.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
L. RICHARD

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