We don't need big brother with a one size fits all mentality...
Give us some common sense and some flexibility is all we are saying....I don't drive when I am too tired...I don't go by studies or by what others tell me I need...My body will tell me when is the time to run or not....
I WILL say...
Greg...You are in left field on this one....no one agrees with you on the "one size fits all"
It is almost the same premise of telling a solo straight he has to drive his spell....and can't stop the clock...he maybe tired for some reason but he must go on..or stop and be late...
This is the explaination I got from the port of entry in Wyoming...
They don't really want you in there but the politicians wisdom, it is the books....
Should you get into an accident or get pulled over for say speeding....the trooper will check out to see if you checked in at the port of...
Rlent ..
you know and I know ..it has little to do with safety and it is all about "liability" a carrier can say."Hey look at how safe we run"
If a driver gets into an accident they can take the high road because they've C.T.A.
In all your years on this forum how many CV drivers have you...
Yup...Florida stop at the AG inspection not the scale...two different creatures...
Wyoming IF you are going to deliver within the state go into the port of entry....if passing thru don't bother...
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I told them to scram and hung up!! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Anybody who fits into my clothes isn't starving!!:D
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Sometimes life gets in the way and a person has to do what they do and make choices that they have to live with....fortunately no one got killed or injured.....
I wouldn't split hairs either Moot...I'd just take the lower rate and live with it....I can't see the IRS saying hey you didn't claim enough...:eek:
SOME people...and i won't mention names....have a much HIGHER income and probably need all the deductions they can get....:rolleyes:
there are times one could die in E. Tn....
I find it is very auto related territory....Morristown, Greenville...when the auto industry slumps so goes Knoxville more times then not... hot and cold
Greg pretty well nailed it here.....
I call it the "flex rule" as it seems pretty flexible;)
I've been asked by some newer drivers why does dispatch when busy run me with back to back to back loads in pretty quick succession with little break:confused:
....because dispatch knows me, trusts me...
Those type of laws are HERE already.....In Iowa you can't smoke outside your car/truck in a rest area....the signs say you must be in an enclosed vehicle....."enclosed" would mean windows up....
That is cause you guys run them long loads....we on the other hand are babysat...and told we would get too tired..:rolleyes:..it is a real pain....:eek:
I think the SD plates might help me..*L* they may think I am a good ole boy ya know guns and all...last thing I'd want up here is DC or Maryland plates! *LOL*
At the top of Gem Mountain NC!! Spruce Pine NC a half hour ride up a road I wouldn't bring a mule up let alone a jackazz like me!! BUT there IS a Wally World up here! Don't ever come up sr226 to here in a straight job....very narrow road. low trees...very close quarters