Drivers also face a 60-70 hour limit over 7/8 days after which you must have 34 consecutive hours off in a sleeper berth, outside, home, hotel. Technically, you should not be in the passenger seat, or so I was told.
I guess after 8 days you could spend 34 hours in the sleeper while your buddies drive.
These are pretty slimy companies who employ these guys. They damage vehicles, crash, get stuck, cost them a lot of money, and as a result, probably make the company uninsurable and/or open the company up to insane liability.
I saw a video out of Laramie where the sheriff arrested an illegal who had no license, no insurance, and the company had their DOT license revoked.
He held him forvICE.
“Technically, you should not be in the passenger seat, or so I was told.”
As I understand it, a passenger is a non-productive person or even an animal like a dog. The only requirements are to the active drivers. There are a lot of companies doing their training with one driver and one trainee. My son was long haul, no more as he stays local, but he was training a moron that drove through a guys fence into his front yard then had an attitude. Son called the company had him removed from the cab at the next stop for the company to get him home and drove on. He hated training and was happier when he was alone. The computer kept him straight.
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