Rest areas are a BAD idea at night. Even doing what you can to make it quick, it's too easy for a scumbag to be hiding in the dark and sneak up from behind. He gets away without you or anyone else getting a look at him. Stick with truckstops.
RE: one more question on my mind
It would'nt be a violation until the resting driver started driving without the proper amount of continuous off-duty time. Having to restart the rest period would certainly mess things up. It would be easier to deal with if 5&5 were still the rule.
I have accepted my station in life as a common white man that can't dance. I'll take a shot at the chicken dance with the proper amount of imbibment(is that a word?), but that's about it.
What will the main stream media do if they can't yell that the sky is falling anymore? An evening of must see TV would be Stossel and the folks from Dateline that are baiting the pedophiles. Throw in half an hour of stupid criminal clips and that would always be on my DVR when I get home.
It should please the class-envious types among us. The wealthy will still want that new Lamborghni, and if I have an exceptional year, I may be able to get that used Neon I've had my eye on.
Greg, look at your license again. Right under the picture of The Bridge it says Commercial Driver License.
I'm currently in the market for a new doctor as mine moved back to New Zealand. He's a great guy and I was really disappointed. One of the first questions is usually "what do you do for a...
When I posted yesterday I completely forgot we have a forum member working for two companies, DannyD. He's doing it with one company being primary and the other secondary. He was having issues with the secondary company and may not be doing it anymore.
Maybe the positive is that you're getting all your bad luck out of the way, for a while, in one fell swoop. Good luck with everything, and from what I've heard, make sure you have a bullet to bite on when you pass the stones.
Back in '99 or '00 there was a guy doing this. He had 2 qualcoms on his van and was leased to both companies. This ended for him when they got tired of him taking a load and then changing his mind when company B came up with a better one. He also said he would ocassionally double up. That would...