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Why would it make me a "bad driver"? I have never had an at fault accident in any type of vehicle, commercial or personal. I just don't understand your logic.

No, driving illegal does not make me a good driver...experience and ability make me a good driver. Tell me this...what if i take a run that is 400 miles in a cargo van going back to the yard and drop it and jump in my pickup truck and drive across three states...does that make me a bad driver...

Of course not. Would you do a 800 mile run for the same freight rate that you do a 400 mile run...i think not.

I'm currently not employed but all my expediting has been as a lease operator for an owner operator. I haven't been to Florence, y'all in a while either!

I will be 47 years old in 3 weeks and i still never sleep over 4-5 hours a night...don't know why, just always been that way. I had a new truck one time and at the one year anniversary of the purchase date it had 202,000 miles on it...i like to run!!! I guess it's a good thing i don't need much...

My view point is this...it's just like everything else in life. You HAVE to know your limitations. Personally, i cannot sleep in a moving vehicle...EVER. I have had hundreds of job offers over the years to drive as a team driver but it would never work. I have driven, both in commercial vehicles...

I have been doing that too Zoli but i was wondering if its going to be a problem with the major carriers. If they are going to limit my miles in a van i might as well keep driving a straight truck and benefit from the higher freight rate.

OK, let me first start by saying i don not condone it, but the simple fact is a lot of drivers drive for more than the allowed hours per day and that leads me to my question. I have driven over the road (straight truck) and i was lucky enough to drive for a company that let me run as hard as i...