cmv vs pov???

ClassicOne

Expert Expediter
It's been a while. As I recall, when I signed on years ago, i signed a waiver that stated simply that after I delivered my load and was not under dispatch for another load or enroute to a layover spot... I could consider myself off-duty. If I choose to drive my truck to the grocery store for food, etc...it was on my time and not on-duty time. Driving my "privately owned vehicle" for "personal" reasons for life-maintenance issues, not operating a "commercial motor vehicle" for commercial purposes. Am I remembering wrongly or has there been changes?
 

witness23

Veteran Expediter
Here is the guidance for the question you have asked from DOT. Unfortunately if you drive for a company that utilizes satellite tracking you probably couldn't use this provision.

Question 26: If a driver is permitted to use a CMV for personal reasons, how must the driving time be recorded?

Guidance: When a driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work, time spent traveling from a driver's home to his/her terminal (normal work reporting location), or from a driver's terminal to his/her home, may be considered off-duty time. Similarly, time spent traveling short distances from a driver's en route lodgings (such as en route terminals or motels) to restaurants in the vicinity of such lodgings may be considered off-duty time. The type of conveyance used from the terminal to the driver's home, from the driver's home to the terminal, or to restaurants in the vicinity of en route lodgings would not alter the situation unless the vehicle is laden. A driver may not operate a laden CMV as a personal conveyance. The driver who uses a motor carrier's CMV for transportation home, and is subsequently called by the employing carrier and is then dispatched from home, would be on-duty from the time the driver leaves home.

A driver placed out of service for exceeding the requirements of the hours of service regulations may not drive a CMV to any location to obtain rest.
 
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