The “off Duty Creep”

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BK's Comment
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I do this on a regular basis. If I don’t want to go on the drive line at a DC,or selected other locations, I will keep under 5 mph so I stay off duty. Never use this technique on an Interstate , lol.

Is this a common practice? What does your company allow before you go on driveline?

Interstate:

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).

Anne A. (and sometimes To's Comment
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I do this on a regular basis. If I don’t want to go on the drive line at a DC,or selected other locations, I will keep under 5 mph so I stay off duty. Never use this technique on an Interstate , lol.

Is this a common practice? What does your company allow before you go on driveline?

Well, THAT was "Click Bait!" ... no wonder it's a quiet thread, BK . . . I took the title to mean, a person BEING an "off duty creep!"

Hey, G'Town, Brett, O/S, Kearsey, Turtle, Pack, etc...... CAN A MOD, change the title, perhaps ?!?!?

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I'm laughing too hard with images in my head, to even entertain a serious answer (or memory of yore/lore) right now!!

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I'd really love to hear answers, however...to the SINCERE inquiry, too!

~ Anne ~

Interstate:

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).

Klutch's Comment
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Really ****es me off when people do this in front of me 🤬

Turtle's Comment
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I do The OD Creep from time to time myself. It's helpful in many situations. In a world where they've practically taken away all other means of"tweaking" the rules, I'm utilizing the few that are left.

Deleted Account's Comment
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I see it all the time for outside carriers delivering to my DC. As long as they're mindful that others are in a rush and stay off to one side/yield to others I couldn't care less. Most of us are driving to make money. Why start your clock just to have your 14 tick away. If your clock is already running and the DC takes 2 or more hours why not use that towards your split sleeper?

PackRat's Comment
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I do it often at 4 MPH, or put it in reverse and the Drive Line doesn't trip.

Don't do this one on an Interstate , either.

Interstate:

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).

Banks's Comment
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I usually do it when I start my day. The ELD takes forever to start up so I just start rolling. Once in a while I'll trigger the ELD and I'll have to accept an "unidentified driver" event. Once the ELD starts up, I'm back to doing 15 like a wild man.

MissIncognito's Comment
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Usually just use yard move, on duty, at a customer. (Keep it under 20 mph) I can sympathize with the ****ed off feelings. Had to teach a fellow company driver how to properly log a yard move at a drop and hook customer, he was in front of me doing the "Creep" to the receiving office..all..the...way...around...the...buildings.....****ed was a mild emotion. Been awhile, but used the "Creep" on a secondary road late at night to get back to our yard...plenty of 14, not a lot of drive time...no one on the road but me...whatever works!

Drop And Hook:

Drop and hook means the driver will drop one trailer and hook to another one.

In order to speed up the pickup and delivery process a driver may be instructed to drop their empty trailer and hook to one that is already loaded, or drop their loaded trailer and hook to one that is already empty. That way the driver will not have to wait for a trailer to be loaded or unloaded.

Ryan B.'s Comment
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I do this on a regular basis. If I don’t want to go on the drive line at a DC,or selected other locations, I will keep under 5 mph so I stay off duty. Never use this technique on an Interstate , lol.

Is this a common practice? What does your company allow before you go on driveline?

It's extremely common. I do it when preserving a break is more crucial than how long it takes me to get where I am going. Always on customer property where there is an expectation that vehicles will be traveling a slow rates of speed. I can hit 5 MPH and not kick into drive. If I remain at 5 MPH for a few seconds, it kicks into drive. If I hit 6 MPH, immediately kicks into drive.

Interstate:

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).

Davy A.'s Comment
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I do it often

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