buzzy
05-11-2007, 07:45 PM
Ok it's been a little over 5 months since the new regs came in to effect.
What do you think?
A good thing or a bad thing?
I can tell you as far as I'm concerned the idiots who designed them to benefit the driver are full of doodoo.
Reasoning was by implimenting a 14 hour cycle a driver would get more rest. This applied to both sides of the border.
Today I walked in to a real mess in the office. We have 2 drivers off at the same time for work related injuries. Both injuries were a direct result of drivers being told they have to sleep and they can't. Then after 5-6 hrs of rolling around in a sleeper unable to sleep being forced to go another 14 hrs straight to make any headway in their trips.
One driver has a broken thumb. He was tired, his reflexes weren't as sharp as they should be and a chain binder snapped open and got him.
The second driver was admitted to a hospital in Indiana for a broken ankle. Again, fatigue and numbed reflexes were the root cause. He tripped and fell.
Admittedly we are extremely busy. We also run legal as we can. These two drivers got caught in a long wait at Detroit customs, were running behind,getting up to 9 hours driving duty and rather than be caught in 3-4 hours of traffic down the road decided to take a 10 hour break in the middle of the afternoon.
Both say they couldn't sleep but were forced to remain the 10 hrs after they're "clocks had run out".
The next shift to they're destination was 8 hrs of driving, 1 hour to unload and 1.5 hours to reload.
This company has experienced at least 2 work related injuries a month since the U.S HOS was put into effect. Prior to Jan 2006 they had 1 or 2 a year.
My belief is the new regs are going to get someone killed. My own health got worse because I'm forced to run and forced to sleep at times in the day I never used too.
One other thing. Have you tried to find a SAFE parking spot after 6pm at nite lately??? Virtually impossible.!!
What"s your say?
What do you think?
A good thing or a bad thing?
I can tell you as far as I'm concerned the idiots who designed them to benefit the driver are full of doodoo.
Reasoning was by implimenting a 14 hour cycle a driver would get more rest. This applied to both sides of the border.
Today I walked in to a real mess in the office. We have 2 drivers off at the same time for work related injuries. Both injuries were a direct result of drivers being told they have to sleep and they can't. Then after 5-6 hrs of rolling around in a sleeper unable to sleep being forced to go another 14 hrs straight to make any headway in their trips.
One driver has a broken thumb. He was tired, his reflexes weren't as sharp as they should be and a chain binder snapped open and got him.
The second driver was admitted to a hospital in Indiana for a broken ankle. Again, fatigue and numbed reflexes were the root cause. He tripped and fell.
Admittedly we are extremely busy. We also run legal as we can. These two drivers got caught in a long wait at Detroit customs, were running behind,getting up to 9 hours driving duty and rather than be caught in 3-4 hours of traffic down the road decided to take a 10 hour break in the middle of the afternoon.
Both say they couldn't sleep but were forced to remain the 10 hrs after they're "clocks had run out".
The next shift to they're destination was 8 hrs of driving, 1 hour to unload and 1.5 hours to reload.
This company has experienced at least 2 work related injuries a month since the U.S HOS was put into effect. Prior to Jan 2006 they had 1 or 2 a year.
My belief is the new regs are going to get someone killed. My own health got worse because I'm forced to run and forced to sleep at times in the day I never used too.
One other thing. Have you tried to find a SAFE parking spot after 6pm at nite lately??? Virtually impossible.!!
What"s your say?