How Many Hours Do You Really Drive??

I know the rule is no more then 11 hours a day but do you guys hit that most every day??

I know the rule is no more then 11 hours a day but do you guys hit that most every day??

I am wondering that as well. Driving just 5 days a week yields 2750 miles a week at a very conservative 50 mph. 6 days equals 3300.

On a good day with no issues, you can drive 11.. Which at 58mph is 638mi...

Now with trucking, if something can go wrong, it will.. Traffic, flat, break down, stuck at receiver/shipper etccc.. You may be lucky to get 5 hrs out..

Now you won't always have bad days, when I drove with swift, I could do about 10hrs a day at 60mph. That includes stopping for lunch and to pee.

If you manage your Hours right, you can get some good Mi under your tires.

I am just thinking about being safe, i am honestly kinda surprised they allow for 11 hours of drive time.

I am just thinking about being safe, i am honestly kinda surprised they allow for 11 hours of drive time.

As a rookie, you'll probably start out doing 3-4 hrs a day with your trainer and each day slowly increase those hrs. My first day I did 8, next day was 9 and thrid day was 10.5.. I love to drove and once you get out on the road, its easy and time starts to fly. Sometimes it goes slow, but it happens.

I am just thinking about being safe, i am honestly kinda surprised they allow for 11 hours of drive time.

As a rookie, you'll probably start out doing 3-4 hrs a day with your trainer and each day slowly increase those hrs. My first day I did 8, next day was 9 and thrid day was 10.5.. I love to drove and once you get out on the road, its easy and time starts to fly. Sometimes it goes slow, but it happens.

just hope i get a good trainer :D

I am just thinking about being safe, i am honestly kinda surprised they allow for 11 hours of drive time.

As a rookie, you'll probably start out doing 3-4 hrs a day with your trainer and each day slowly increase those hrs. My first day I did 8, next day was 9 and thrid day was 10.5.. I love to drove and once you get out on the road, its easy and time starts to fly. Sometimes it goes slow, but it happens.

just hope i get a good trainer :D

Well if you ever get a trainer that makes you feel unsafe or you feel isn't giving enough time to practice (as that's basically what your doing is practicing) then a phone call to your trainers DM and safety department will get you to a new trainer. There are trainers that just do it for money and those that do it for the benefit of getting safe drivers out.

Also you have to remember your making deliveries. Most weeks will be multiple deliveries. Getting loaded or unloaded can burn up your clock.

I am just thinking about being safe, i am honestly kinda surprised they allow for 11 hours of drive time.

As a rookie, you'll probably start out doing 3-4 hrs a day with your trainer and each day slowly increase those hrs. My first day I did 8, next day was 9 and thrid day was 10.5.. I love to drove and once you get out on the road, its easy and time starts to fly. Sometimes it goes slow, but it happens.

just hope i get a good trainer :D

Well if you ever get a trainer that makes you feel unsafe or you feel isn't giving enough time to practice (as that's basically what your doing is practicing) then a phone call to your trainers DM and safety department will get you to a new trainer. There are trainers that just do it for money and those that do it for the benefit of getting safe drivers out.

I guess it would be a quiet ride back to the terminal.

I know the rule is no more then 11 hours a day but do you guys hit that most every day??

Um, well, um... Not one minute over 11... Without a safe haven move. (says the dude who is on e-logs now).