Rule #1
Rule #1: no Number 2. Yes, it's a joke. It's also a real, named category in the Overdrive system.
Know Your Overdrives.
Protect Your Clock.
A higher safety standard for entertainer coach operations — separate from DOT, built around a more rested driver and a greater margin of safety.
DOT asks: is this legal? Overdrive asks: is this the safest, most-rested way to operate? A trip can be fully legal under DOT and still earn one or more Overdrives.
The Rules
Seven rules. Four categories. One standard.
Off-Duty Overdrives
A driver should receive 10 consecutive hours off duty. Off-duty begins the moment the driver has the hotel room key in hand. It ends at call time. Anything less than 10 hours equals one Off-Duty Overdrive.
Timed Overdrives
The driver's day begins the first moment they go on duty or first start driving. The day runs on a continuous 15-hour clock. The clock does not pause for off-duty periods inside the day.
Mileage Overdrives
Three tiers:
Claim Logic
Mileage and Timed Overdrives do not automatically stack.
Co-Driver Operations
Co-drivers are typically assigned on runs of 600 miles or more. The primary purpose of a co-driver is to drive the miles the main driver cannot.
Midnight & Split Drives
Crossing midnight does not automatically split mileage. The midnight-to-midnight log grid only becomes relevant when a single trip is split into multiple driving segments.
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