Drove for 14 hours today… saw this lil guy when I finally got back to the yard, is this a sign?

[-]

Few-Chemical-5165@reddit

I had called him Deez last name Nuts...

[-]

I’ll pass on that. 10-11 hours of driving and I’m ready for a break. Can’t actually do it legally and it’d be pretty obvious on my logs if I was 3 hours in violation. And they say OTR guys are tired. I’ll pass on the whole driving for 14 hours. How much of that was actual driving?

[-]

POWERISMOMMY@reddit (OP)

Left Leonardtown at 630 am. Got stopped for an inspection and got put out of service, took 2 hours to get back on the road. My stops prolly took an hour in loading an unloading. Idk. eLD says I drove 423 miles.

So I would say prolly 10/11 hours of driving.

I’m technically “local”… eastern seaboard gets weird with “air miles”

If there was a bridge leading over the ocean from my home base to my 3 locations I hit today on the eastern shore of MD/VA I prolly would have only clocked 130 miles each way. But with having to go up 301 to take 50 over the bay bridge it turned into 4 hours each way.

If I’m being honest I think what I did today was technically illegal but my boss says run it

[-]

RamblingswithInoki@reddit

It’s not technically illegal, it’s flat out illegal and a good way to lose your CDL if you get caught!

[-]

POWERISMOMMY@reddit (OP)

“Forced dispatch”

[-]

robexib@reddit

Forced dispatch can't make you break the law unless you let them coerce you.

Forced dispatch just means the company runs a three-ring circus and they think you'd make a fine clown

[-]

ursisterstoy@reddit

The closest they can do is tell you that unless you are sick or out of hours they have a load that needs to be delivered and they need you to take it. They can’t force you to break the law. Some companies might say you’re taking a load from Brooklyn, NY to Las Angeles, CA. That’s fine, nothing wrong with telling you that if you want a load that’s what you have. But any time you need to you need to shut down to comply with HOS, any time you are too sick or too tired to be safe you need to shut down, and if they tell you do it or you’re fired you can park the truck at the company terminal, clean it out, and go home. Don’t let one company destroy your career. Find a different job.

[-]

RamblingswithInoki@reddit

Under 49 C.F.R. 390.6(a) “No motor carrier, shipper, receiver, transportation intermediary, or employer may coerce a driver into violating FMCSA regulations, HOS limits, CDL regulations, or hazardous materials regulations.

If the you truly exceeded legal HOS and management knowingly instructed them to continue despite the violation, that could absolutely create regulatory exposure for both the you and potentially the carrier.

[-]

ursisterstoy@reddit

Oh okay.** **

[-]

throwaway5988765309@reddit

Dont run AG. Theres days I run a legal 17 hour drive and 24 hours up

[-]

copper_wing@reddit

What is your mixture of choice for your toothpicks

[-]

throwaway5988765309@reddit

If I had one I'd share. Right now just nic pouches, big monsters and pure unadulterated hate. I need a mix tho. Been thinking nic and caffeine soak.

[-]

ursisterstoy@reddit

Agriculture exemption you get away with a lot of that but I prefer that I don’t do that. I have driven my car from Saint Cloud MN to Colorado Spring CO with a four hour nap by Sioux Falls SD and a 3 hour visit to the zoo in Omaha NE. My now ex-girlfriend slept almost the whole time. I was seeing deer standing next to the freeway watching me getting ready to cross as I was doing about 85 mph once I got west of Omaha almost the whole way there. Police doing 95 just smiled and waved.

[-]

Sea-Count-5298@reddit

Residual radiation from that load you were carrying.

[-]

deadbeataunt@reddit

go ask Alice

[-]

WanderingCheesehead@reddit

It’s a sign that squirrels can sometimes lack pigmentation.

[-]

RamblingswithInoki@reddit

It means good luck, rarity, and impending positive change. It’s also an omen of purity, transformation, or a reminder to trust your intuition. Only 1 in 100,000 squirrels are albino.

Indigenous people believe they are a messenger of good news and messengers of the spirit world.

[-]