Yeah work counting is your break time is “get er done”!! :)
But for the drivers it’s “get us screwed!!” :)
This is wrong.
And dangerous.
I’m sure i’ll catch hell for that opinion.
But we’re not the Borg, like dems.
I thought that was what made us so different.
There’s gotta be a better compromise.
> This is wrong. And dangerous. <
I agree. So loading and unloading cargo is now considered to be “break time”. Who came up with these new rules? This actually might be funny if -as you noted - it weren’t also dangerous.
I would like to see the new-rules guy spend his down time at work moving 50 pound boxes around. Maybe that would give him a new perspective on this situation.
But for the drivers it’s “get us screwed!!” :)
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Really?
I am not a truck driver but as I understand it many get paid by the mile. The more miles driven the more they make. This is an incentive to drive longer then the regulation allows and it is an incentive to not take 30 min breaks.
So what it boils down to they are not mandating anyone drive longer or skip their breaks only that they will not be fined if they do.
I will wait to hear from independent truck drivers to hear if this is good or bad.