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(10-11-2019 )the missing link Wrote:  

(10-11-2019 )ynot Wrote:  

(10-11-2019 )MageRoyal Wrote:  last i checked, it was only legal to drive 11 hours a day.

11hrs in a shift but you can drive more in a day 11 driving + 30min break + 10 off = 21 1/2hrs so start the shift again an you've got more allowable in a 24hr period.

You really have too get after it too pull it off though.

Canada is a bit different they put a cap of 13hrs max driving in a 24hr period because the way our rules are you could pull off 15hrs+ of driving every second day.

Well technically you are right but it is called a deferral . So I steal 2 hrs from tommorow 13+2= 15 BUT tommorow I have to pay them back 13-2=11. I would have to check but I had that that was only for unseen circumstances.
Then you get into spilt sleeper birth rules which I won't get into . I did hear the us might be getting this as well , I sure hope they do .

Think of it as a 16 hour day. 14 hours on duty, 13 hours driving, plus 2 hours off duty however you can take it.

The deferral takes the two hours off duty time and turns into drive time. So it’s now an 18 hour day. Then day two you have to take the two hours off duty time back

I had a scalemaster once try to tell me a deferral was for inclement weather only. I opened my log book and showed him the deferral section of the HOS, NOWHERE does it say for unforeseen circumstances, at that point my 16 hour day was up. So I used a deferral and boogied on home.