![]() ![]() First, by allowing drivers to pause the 14 hour clock, it allows drivers to follow circadian sleep rhythms on the the human body and allow drivers to stop and take naps as need during periods of fatigue, usually during the hours of 4 a.m.-6 a.m. Terry Waugh: "As an truck driver, I believe this could potentially help with two facets of the industry. If we were able to split our drive time with sleeper time, you would see less fatigue in drivers." We are not getting the relief that we need to function correctly. If you could still take a break like we did back in the ole days, where we could drive 5 sleeper 4 and so forth, us drivers would be a lot lest fatigued and able to function better. I feel that giving a split break is better, because after driving a truck for 11 hours with only a 30-minute break is too hard on anyone that for a living. Joe Odom: "I'm a 25-year trucking veteran and I'm still an owner operator today. It would allow us older folks to take a nap and not force us to drive drowsy, trying to make up time lost from breakdown or time lost at a dock." I think this will allow the driver to enjoy the job instead of racing against time."ĭave Mott: "I am all for the break. We are ultimately sacrificing a lot of things in order to keep America moving. I think it's time to give us more of a voice on how to run our day to day operations. I believe once you do this, you give the drivers more of a chance to have a normal day-to-day life, with less fatigue and also a better attitude toward the job, which, in turn will stop the high driver turn over rate. We, as professional truck drivers, should have the right to pause the clock so we can get rest, eat shop etc and not be penalized by our company or. ![]() Jose Gonzalez: "I think the idea is a great idea. By allowing us to pause the 14, it allows us the ability to stop as needed (for restroom breaks, get up and walk around breaks, need a power nap break) without costing us log time or money in our paychecks." Though, the 14 should pause any time we stop - if its 10 minutes or 5 hours. Kathy Vens: "Yes! Yes! Yes!! This is a step in the right direction. I call this 'deadline trucking.' And how true it is sometimes with our schedules and peoples lives." I am a driver with 4 million accident free miles, 34 years of over the road driving experience and have witnessed firsthand the increase in risk that has happened since everyone is required to work with these tight schedules everyday, made even worse with the way we have to push ourselves. Operators would not have to drive so fast and hopefully some of the road courtesy will return. But I think the safety side would also benefit with this option. Not just the flexibility side for operators of the equipment. Kent Leitner: "Wow would this be beneficial in many ways. It makes no sense to me to not give drivers the ability to take a break during their day that does not cause them to feel rushed later because of the constantly ticking clock." Ricky Johnson: "The inability to pause the 14 hour clock places unnecessary stress on drivers and causes them to feel rushed. ![]()
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