Detention Time

**geo** · 12-02-2009, 10:29 PM

with ceva in a van d time starts at 31 mins
and they charge even for 5 mins over
but before you leave always call the dispatcher and they make the decision as what is to be done as this will protect you

never make a decision on your own always let your dispatcher

always write down the time you pull up to gate
and every half hour call and keep the dispatcher up to date
as this will protect the d time

ex going on a military base when you pull in line to go thru truck control write time down as it may take a 1/2 hour to get thru the gate and drive to bldg you will be deliving at

**youngsamuel** · 12-04-2009, 12:37 PM

I am not sure. I have a buddy who drives a TT and he mentioned about logging off duty time and our call was ended before I could ask that question. I don't see the point in logging off duty. Once you start the clock even if you are on duty for 10 minutes the clock has to reset for 10 hours. Correct? Seems silly to log off duty and it not affect the 14 hours.

**jaminjim** · 12-04-2009, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by youngsamuel

I am not sure. I have a buddy who drives a TT and he mentioned about logging off duty time and our call was ended before I could ask that question. I don't see the point in logging off duty. Once you start the clock even if you are on duty for 10 minutes the clock has to reset for 10 hours. Correct? Seems silly to log off duty and it not affect the 14 hours.

You would log sleeper birth so that you could protect your 70 hours.
Also you never know when that 10 or 15 minutes might turn into 5 hours. The old saying is to log it as you do it applies.

**youngsamuel** · 12-04-2009, 03:07 PM

This is true

**Moot** · 12-04-2009, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by LDB

That way when Acme Widgets decides later on to pay 20cpm instead of 30cpm like they agreed to when they booked the load the carrier can screw you instead of standing up to Acme Widgets. But I digress.

Not only did you um, ah digress, but you ummm used a..ah bad word. Tender young minds may um,...chance upon this, ah...vulgar reference to um...........sexual intercourse.

Perhaps a uh, more appropriate word would be bolt. But um, ah using that particular term could be construed as carrier specific which opens a, um... another can of worms, um... so to speak. Um, ah... more specifically, ah...actually, um... what forum this post should be, ah, moved to. Um, the Bolt Forum, actually, um since Bolt was referenced.

The word nail or um, better Velcro™ could be substituted for screw. Of course the most bestest and versatile word in the English language (used as a verb, noun or adjective) would be, um... fùck.

Oops, I did way more than just um, digress. I guess I can um...ah kiss my future career as an, um, NPR host goodbye, actually.