Can you still drive for uber?

The way I am led to understand it, working at any job counts against your clock, regardless if its a driving job or not.

If I'm wrong, I'm sure I'll be corrected shortly lol.

 

Yes the HOS rules are to prevent fatigue you can do Uber if you wish but you will not be able to resume driving a truck without a reset with no working hours. All work no matter what it is even technically volunteer work should be reported and goes against your clock.

 

On-duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include:
(9) Performing any compensated work for a person who is not a motor carrier.

So yes, anytime to get paid to work you need to log those hours.Of course since you are talking Uber, are you really getting paid or are you paying to work? But that's a completely different topic..

 

Many, many drivers work on their days off and don't report it. I wouldn't report it. Uber drivers can make some decent money when they're off the road from trucking.
One place I worked, one of the drivers was always preaching about legalities in trucking and how anyone that works somewhere off on their days off from trucking, should be reported and lose their CDL.
Well, guess what, he had been driving on weekends for Howard Baer Trucking and been doing it for years.
No one demanded he be fired and we all just laughed it off. A few even went there and started driving on their days off.

 

Being in class seems a thing of what you’re told you should do vs. what people do in actuality? Just a question though. If driver was to get in an accident and be found at fault and extra work was found through the investigation, wouldn’t the driver be in a whole heap of legal trouble?

 

I don't know of anyone that's ever been caught doing that. Sometimes it's worth a little risk to get ahead in life.

 

Up to and including jail, yes. China's recommendation is simply bad advise. 15 years ago, sure it might not be so bad advice, but in this day and age where all your jobs are available to lawyers it's not the best thing to try and skirt HOS.

 

Many drivers on this forum work during their sleep periods in truck stops, by working the stock market, instead of sleeping. Some are making tons of money. Should they report that to their trucking company and say, "I'm out of hours because I played the stock market too long today."
Investigators can confiscate a computer to find out what the driver has been doing and if it interfered causing the driver to not get proper rest. So, yes, if I can bank money driving Uber, I wouldn't hesitate.

 

Do you drivers report you’re trip to the mall with you’re family or driving around town doing errands? What a bunch of pansies