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Cargo van drivers who haul HAZMAT every once in a while fall under the "or intermittently" part of the rule above, so a simple statement of hours would suffice. The Qualcomms in the vans of FedEx, Panther and Load One, among others, are already ELDs, it's just that the logging functions are...

There has been no rule change in the regard. I'm guessing that's because it's going to be really hard to enforce the use of ELDs on drivers before they became drivers, on the off chance that they might someday become drivers. The rule is 395.2 (j)(2), which states: (2) Motor carriers, when...

I wouldn't go that far. I just think it's interesting that one of them is a "driver" in Spokane and the other is in "Safety and Compliance" in Los Angeles, yet both are using the same SoCal based IP address within seconds of each other. It could be they both joined up at the sane time to get...

I smell Hawaii's favorite canned meat product. Someone named Switchboard joined up at the same time our thread starter did, using the same IP address and everything. Switchboard is still in the queue waiting to be approved. Might be there for a while.

It is true that paragraph 9 wouldn't apply to the cargo van driver who was hauling non-HAZMAT prior to the HAZMAT load, but paragraph 8 most definitely would apply. Paragraph 8 says: (8) Performing any other work in the capacity, employ, or service of, a motor carrier; Back when I hauled...

The official corporate KFC Twitter account only follows 11 people. Herb Albert, five other guys named Herb, and all five of the Spice Girls. That's 11 Herbs and Spices. Brilliant.

Unintended Consequences - the stock-in-trade of the liberals, the bread and butter of the Democrat. The ol' be careful what you wish for, you might just get it, comes to mind.

As has been noted, the half-ton will be a bigger hindrance than will be the age of the van. You'll get fewer load opportunities because of it, and with the cargo van market already over-saturated, that will mean even that much more sitting between loads. You will need expediting insurance...

Happy Birthday! :t3310:

No, I remember Perry Mason. I as born in 1957. That "Is it not true?" question always seemed like a gotcha question for someone on the witness stand. It never turned out well for anyone on the witness stand who were asked that type of a question. I already know that if I'm ever questioned like...

I don't know how to answer the "is it not true?" question, because "not true" = "false" in my brain, and trying to answer that question always messes me up, so I'll just say that most of the items on the full listing of the Hazardous Materials Table are categorized on Table 2 of the DOT HAZMAT...

Phrased in that manner, you'd be wrong. There are certain types of hazardous materials that cannot be hauled in the cab of a truck. Since the entire cargo van is considered to be the cab, it follows that certain types of hazardous materials cannot be hauled in a van. Principally, these are...

A Google search for "Facebook is evil" will tell you why I'm not on there. Shortly after Facebook went live to the masses I created an account and checked it out. I could see what was going on and where it was headed. Early comments by Zuckerberg didn't ease my concerns. And it's gone exactly...

The Internet is spilling over into real life more and more. People are being less civil and less polite to those they disagree with, much like they do in Internet forums and comment sections. They feel entitled to insult others with abandon. Columnist Peggy Noonan recently suggested the same...

Thank you for your intelligent, well-reasoned and not-at-all emotional addition to the conversation. It's comments like yours that foster spirited debate and intelligent discourse of exactly the kind The Soapbox thrives upon. Kudos to you on a brilliant comment!

I don't know if the two actions are equatable, other than both are protests, or stunts, take yer pick. I'm not so sure that kneeling in political protest during the national anthem is in some way befitting of a jock, particularly a jock who is being paid millions of dollars by virtue of living...

I think he's one of those people who go to the games, and then leave early to beat the traffic.

Well, first of all, no, not really. Trump and Pence have both taken a very public stance on the issue which, along with most Americans, is that of kneeling during the national anthem is the exact opposite of petty nonsense and is not acceptable behavior. By staying, he wouldn't be showing he's...

Kneeling for the national anthem is a stunt. Trying to promote exactly what Kaepernick said to do. See? It works both ways. Stunt, protest, tomato, tomahto. That wasn't the goal. His statement on the matter made that very clear. Setting aside for a moment my shock and surprise (and some...

Why? If he stays he's condoning and accepting the kneeling, if he leaves he's exercising his right to not support that type of protest.