Logging Hours At The Truck Stop.

So today i got to the truck stop with about 15 minutes of driving time left. I switched to on duty and attempted to back into my spot. For whatever reason, i was having a rough time at it and kept having to reset, even circle around the lot to try and set up better. I managed to take a good 45 minutes to finally get parked.

During this time, the QualComm kicked me back onto the drive line, retroactive to when the wheels first started turning, giving me a nice little HOS violation on the QC.

Now, since I never left the parking lot, that entire time should have been considered on duty, not driving, right?

I suggest contacting your driver manager and speak to them about what happened.

I did, they told me to send a message describing the situation on the QC. This was night dispatch I dealt with so they told me I have to wait until my actual DM arrives tomorrow morning. I'm just trying to figure out if this is actually a violation of HOS or not.

I suggest contacting your driver manager and speak to them about what happened.

As far as I know, if you're at the controls driving, it's logged as driving, unless it meets the conditions for off duty driving. But I could be wrong.

I've gone over my hours while parking, and the qc announces that I'm out of driving time every time I put it in gear, so as I was going back and forth trying to park it just kept saying it over and over.

In four months Solo, I have only been in a real close HOS situation 2 or 3 times. Never violated but came damn close. That was early on in my so far short time out here. I learned very quickly to avoid it if at all possible. I would rather shut down earlier and avoid the situation all together. 45 minutes is about as far as I will push it. Sometimes earlier if I anticipate traffic or a crowded parking situation. Just not worth the stress or the visit to, or phone call from the Safety/Logs Department!

I actually had this happen at the terminal once. I literally only had one minute left when I got there. I was looking for a place to park and it switched over to driving. I think it switches at around 15 minutes no matter how fast or far you are going. I just left it alone and since I was at the terminal nobody ever said a word about it. LOL

JJ

My company isn't that strict about it. If you're a few minutes over once in a while they don't say anything. In fact I think they actually appreciate it if you're doing it to get a load delivered. A while back I was 1/2 hour over my 14 because I got stuck behind an accident, and I was told not to do that. We're supposed to pull over and call in, and I guess they send a tow truck or something.

Since it reverted back to when i first started trying to back, it actually put me 22 minutes over. I guess the FMCSA book says drive time is all time at the driving controls. it doesn't say anything about private property or anything like that, so i guess i am screwed. My compliance has been perfect thus far, but i do have a couple minor backing incidents, so who knows what is going to happen to me. I really hate having to worry about this stuff, but I guess I will find out one way or the other by tomorrow.

My company isn't that strict about it. If you're a few minutes over once in a while they don't say anything. In fact I think they actually appreciate it if you're doing it to get a load delivered. A while back I was 1/2 hour over my 14 because I got stuck behind an accident, and I was told not to do that. We're supposed to pull over and call in, and I guess they send a tow truck or something.

My company isn't that strict about it

I would love to know how The DOT looks at those "small" violations when they Audit the Company Logs. There must be some leniency, unless a Company has LOTS of them with MANY Drivers. Just curious.

Of course I don't know what you're company will say, but I feel like you shouldn't worry too much. You were in a parking lot parking, there's not much else you can do at that point.