Hi there, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about advanced logbook techniques
in Canada. You can split the off-duty time as a single driver and for team drivers you
can split the off-duty time into 4 and 4, and an additional two-hour break. So that
you can keep the truck moving, get those miles in, and make lots of money. We’ll be right
back to talk to you about that.
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Hi there, Rick, welcome back, talking to you
today about advanced log book techniques in Canada. For the single driver you can take
your off-duty time in a 24-hour period, which is 10 hours and divide it into two blocks:
one block not less than 2 hours. So therefore if you have 1 2-hour block, the other block
has to be 8 hours; if you have one 3-hour block, the other off-duty block has to be
7 hours. The 10 hours is not one consecutive 8-hour block now and two additional hours.
That whole 10-hour period becomes two block of time now. All of the other rules apply
for the single drivers splitting off-duty time: maximum 13-hour driving time in a 24-hour
period. You cannot drive after accumulating on-duty and driving time of 14 hours, and
your work day has to occur within a 16-hour window. Therefore if you start driving at
8 o'clock in the morning, you got to be finished at midnight. I really hope if you start work
at 8 o'clock in the morning you’re done by midnight anyway. Those are the rules for
single drivers if you want to split up your off-duty time. For team drivers two block
of 4-hours and one other break of two hours. So it's 4 hours off, the other driver drives,
you drive, the other driver takes off 4 hours, 4 drive, 4 drive. So, minimum 4-hour blocks
for team drivers. Now one of the things that's really important for team drivers, your logbooks
have to dovetail! And what I mean by dovetail is they have to fit together like this. If
one driver has time off, the other drivers should be driving or having time off as well.
One driver drives, one driver has time off; one driver has time off the other driver drives.
When you get pulled into a scale pulled over by authorities, they're going to look at the
two log books and they're going to look at them and make sure that they dovetail. One
driver’s driving, the other drivers off-duty. The other drivers driving, this drivers off-duty.
So ensure that when you look at the log books and check them they dovetail. So you're allowed
4-hour blocks, one additional 2-hour break within the 24-hour window. All of the other
rules for team drivers apply. The same rules: 13-hours maximum driving time; can't drive
after 14-hours of accumulated on-duty and driving time; the workday must occur within
a 16-hour window. Again 8 o’clock to midnight, you need to have all of that done within that
period of time. And it just rolls forward – 4 drive, 4 drive, 4 and two hours off-duty.
Because within that 24-hour period, you have to have 10 hours off-duty.
In conclusion, single drivers can split their off-duty time into 2 blocks, not less than
2 hours and the two blocks have to equal 10 hours off-duty, Same rules apply: maximum
13-hours driving; can't drive after accumulating 14 hours on-duty and driving time and it has
to occur within a 16-hour window. Team drivers – 4-hour blocks and an additional 2 hours
off in a 24-hour period. As well, team drivers this is important: make sure that your logbooks
dovetail. One drivers driving, the other drivers off-duty or they're both off-duty. One’s
driving, one’s off-duty, the other one, the other one, the other one, because when
they get into the scale house or pulled over by authorities that’s what they’re going
to look at. So it’s imperative that you check to make sure that the two log books dovetail.
If you like what you saw here, the complete course is over at my web site – you can
find the link here. The complete course, all of the rules are written down, exercise on
filling out logbooks, questions pertinent to the exercises—true-false, multiple choice
questions—a free calculator to figure out your work cycle and at the end you’ll get
a certificate of completion. All of that for less than $25. And remember pick the best
answer, not necessarily the right answer. I’m Rick with Smart Drive Test, have a great
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