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too ipod or not too ipod
Patrick:
http://www.cdldigest.com/hours_of_service/
CDL Hours Of Service rules. ;)
Officer: Driver, I need your license, medical certificate, registration, insurance, and log book! ;D
Ninny:
My husband drove a truck for 10 years and let me tell you, the rules say one thing, but somehow or another the dispatchers don't read the rule books!! They don't care if you get pulled over by the DOT or the FBI they just want you at your destination YESTERDAY!! >:(
So believe it, you got a lot of hours during the day and night to listen to the ipod! ;D
I have known many drivers who kept 2 logbooks, one for the ACTUAL time and one for the DOT! My husband was a one logbook driver, but that was because he just wouldn't be pushed around by the greedy dudes in the office! I'm so glad he doesn't drive any more! :D
Drive on Dudes!!
Kathy ;)
Patrick:
Well, let me tell you! ;D
Kathy, I'm very familiar with the ways around the "rules."
Times have changed, yes some still pull the same old tricks. However, you get caught with multiple licenses/log books, now, and your in BIG trouble.
FYI, most States prohibit both ears being coverd by headphones/earbuds while driving. ;)
You can have one, but not both.
Keep on Truckn.
Ninny:
I'm glad the times are changing! It's crazy to try to things they've done in the past! It really is dangerous. My husband hasn't driven in 9 years now, so I know things are different. Some of those guys that ran 2 logbooks were just big dumb cowboys. Some of them were jerks, but some of them were just hard-working guys with kids to feed. Hopefully those days are over!
Here's something for you guys who drive for a living :-*
I always listened to this when my husband was out on the road! Wherever there was an ice storm he was driving in it, I hated it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtJIFVxQXY
Patrick:
Some of my dad's favorites; could not find any audio on the first one, it's an old song:
Hello I'm a truck
You've heard songs about truck drivers many times their stories told
How they pulled out of Pittsburgh for six days on the road
About the Feather River Canyon and climbin' the old grapevine
That old roadhouse down in Texas and the girls they've left behind
You've heard their tales of daring and I think that's just fine
But if you can spare a minute well I'd like to tell you mine
There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks
No double clutching gear jammin' coffee drinking nuts
They'll drive their way to glory and they have all the luck
There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks
Well there he sits in that cafe drinking coffee and telling lies
Probably telling 'em how he topped that hill ten miles back
He ought to tell 'em how he missed a gear
And that Volkswagen bus full of hippies passed us like I was sitting up on jacks
Or how we took that curve over on 66
Hadn't been for me hanging on the shoulder we'd both wound up in the ditch
If we're on time he takes the credit if we're late I get the blame
Up those hills with shutters open my stacks are running flame
My tach running red line sucking diesel from the tanks
I take him south and bring him back without a word of thanks
So now you've heard my story and I guess it's my tough luck
There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks
There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks
No double clutching gear jammin' coffee drinking nuts
They'll drive their way to glory and they have all the luck
There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks
Look at him sipping coffee and flirtin' with that waitress
And where do you think he left me that's right next to cattle truck (moo)
Why couldn't we have put me next to that little pink Mack sittin' over there
Gosh, she's got pretty mud flaps, and talk about stacked, they're both chromed
Well he'll be coming out in a minute and he'll get that bar
And he'll go around and beat on my tires
You know for two pints of diesel I'd have a flat on the inside dual
Ha, that'd fix him
I never did like the way he drives anyhow
Thinks he's God's gift to waitresses he never gives 'em a tip
Well I know what he's gonna do now
He's gonna take out The tape cartridge of Buck Owens and play it again
I don't know why he don't get a Merle Haggard tape
Phantom 309; Red Sovine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EAZlArfDOw
Giddy Up Go; Red Sovine song performed by Minnie Pearl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grCU3_QxpmA
Teddy Bear; Red Sovine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoTLwrm9QE
No wonder I'm disturbed! ;D
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