How do you sleep in non-sleeper cabs?

[DefraggedSSD]

It just bugs me that you can sleep in a truck that doesn't have a sleeping cab. So what makes it possible that you sleep alright in that situation?

[DefraggedSSD]

Messaggio originale di XBL Laberbacke:

Messaggio originale di BlazePhoenix:

I think this is a good point to implement in a possible (hopefully soon to come) hardcore mode. Let's say you're driving a day cab and rest on a truck stop, then when you wake up you won't be able to drive another 14 hours before resting again, you wouldn't be well rested which means you'd only be able to drive for anther 7 hours or so. To be fully rested you'd need to find a motel or hotel. If you're on a sleeper everything is fine tho.

Waste of development time.

Not really. It could probably just be achieved with a few lines of code and marking day cab trucks with "-nowellrested" or something. The hard part is finding which sleep points are motels

[PavDog]

Messaggio originale di BlazePhoenix:

I think this is a good point to implement in a possible (hopefully soon to come) hardcore mode. Let's say you're driving a day cab and rest on a truck stop, then when you wake up you won't be able to drive another 14 hours before resting again, you wouldn't be well rested which means you'd only be able to drive for anther 7 hours or so. To be fully rested you'd need to find a motel or hotel. If you're on a sleeper everything is fine tho.

Not to mention, if you're sleeping in your truck, it has to have a DOT approved sleeper. So technically you can't (legally) drive at all after sleeping in a day cab...

[Malaman]

Messaggio originale di XBL Laberbacke:

Messaggio originale di BlazePhoenix:

I think this is a good point to implement in a possible (hopefully soon to come) hardcore mode. Let's say you're driving a day cab and rest on a truck stop, then when you wake up you won't be able to drive another 14 hours before resting again, you wouldn't be well rested which means you'd only be able to drive for anther 7 hours or so. To be fully rested you'd need to find a motel or hotel. If you're on a sleeper everything is fine tho.

Waste of development time.

Shows how much you (don't) know about development.

[4of25]

Back in the 18 WoS games by SCS you can`t sleep in a daycab, you have to search for a motel. So you we´re forced to plan your route exactly. Sadly ETS 2 and ATS allow you to sleep in a daycab.

[Rookie-31st]

The thing is, DOT (Department of Transportation) will never accept 'sleeper berth' log book entry if your truck is duty cab, so your rest inside day cab (on a rest stop) is technically illegal way to rest

[dnthomps]

Interesting, I did not know DOT restricted what qualified as appropriate sleeping areas. I would like the sleeping areas to have a 'Sleeper required' tag applied. But these are not the forms you want to wishlist items. place your whishlist in the official forums: https://forum.scssoft.com/viewforum.php?f=185

[Sandhill]

No sleeping in a day cab would certainly be an improvement, although only if sleeping anywhere were allowed in a sleeper. For me it's not real high priority, though, I'd rather see, for example, a requirement that you stop for stop signs.

[XBL Laberbacke]

Messaggio originale di Sandhill:

I'd rather see, for example, a requirement that you stop for stop signs.

It is required if you prefer not to get t-boned by traffic.

[DefraggedSSD]

Messaggio originale di Sandhill:

No sleeping in a day cab would certainly be an improvement, although only if sleeping anywhere were allowed in a sleeper. For me it's not real high priority, though, I'd rather see, for example, a requirement that you stop for stop signs.

That's probably going to be a ♥♥♥♥♥ to program and enforce. the best way i could see this happening is if they would put a big "stop_trigger" block or something that would check if the truck speed reaches 0 or a number that is acceptable. But some situations the stop sign would be a terrible thing. for example if the road is entirely empty and your on an incline or something.

[SpiritFire]

while maybe this could havebeen simply answered with ... motel. hotel. but yet people are saying they want reality but are only ignoring it.

im 48 years old.. i use to be a truck driver. at all the truck stops there are motels and hotels around with truck drivers very often staying at them, even at times when they have sleeper cabs. got a couple family members who always slept in those instead of their trucks. some folks just pull into any town and stay at them, regardless if there is a truck stop or not. ive also slept and laid down before even in a non sleeper cab. all the claims a day cab cant travel somewhere anywhere where a sleep will be needed is pure BS and should be ignored. even this game has places you can pull into and rest with little motels. you pull over and sleep. i see a non issue claim being made by people who dont even drive trucks or ignoring what they do in real life in this siutation. day cabs are generally for day travel yes. to think they cant pull over and sleep somewhere is just stupid. no. the game doesnt need to forcefully change anything. its a game.. if it somehow in someway hurts your imaginaring reason for a day cab not being able to pull over anywhere to sleep, then stop at the hotels or other places or better yet dont bother hauling long trips in the freaking first place. for the folks who replied sarcastically to the others.. thats what kind of reply this topic deserves. heh thumbs up.

"Only once at level 20. Before that you lie under the truck and get gnawed on by coyotes. Don't forget to buy anti-coyote spray at the truck stop."

again. non issue.

[DefraggedSSD]

Messaggio originale di SpiritFire:

while maybe this could havebeen simply answered with ... motel. hotel. that has been said and hasnt apparently fed the trolls. so here.

im 48 years old.. i use to be a truck driver. at all the truck stops there are motels and hotels around with truck drivers very often staying at them, even at times when they have sleeper cabs. got a couple family members who always slept in those instead of their trucks. some folks just pull into any town and stay at them, regardless iuf there is a truck stop or not. ive also slept and laid down before even in a non sleeper cab. all the claims a day cab cant travel somewhere anywhere where a sleep will be needed is pure BS and should be ignored. even this game has places you can pull into and rest with little motels. you pull over and sleep. i see a non issue claim being made by people who dont even drive trucks or ignoring what they do in real life in this siutation. day cabs are generally for day travel yes. to think they cant pull over and sleep somewhere is just stupid. no. the game doesnt need to forcefully change anything. its a game.. if it somehow in someway hurts your imaginaring reason for a day cab not being able to pull over anywhere to sleep, then stop at the hotels or other places or better yet dont bother hauling long trips in the freaking first place. for the folks who replied sarcastically to the others.. thats what kind of reply this topic deserves. heh thumbs up.

"Only once at level 20. Before that you lie under the truck and get gnawed on by coyotes. Don't forget to buy anti-coyote spray at the truck stop."

well thanks for the insight into an actual truckers experience with this. I never thought it would be impossible to sleep in a day cab, only that it would be very uncomfortable and not very easy (due to having to sleep in a sitting position. ((based on personal experience on bus and car rides)). That was the original intent of my question ("why do you not get a penalty for sleeping a day cab" instead of the more extreme sounding "why can you sleep at all in day cab"). I do still personally feel like the non-sleeper trucks should have some sort of fatigue penalty to at least simulate discomfort you could get from sleeping in a chair for that long. But again thanks for the info.

[Yukon Moose]

i sleep tons in a day cab...at Halliburton i drive a T800 Daycab...i got a sheet a plywood thats about wide as seat and long enough to go to both seats to fill in the gap....i sleep like a baby in that thing..plus the oilfield uses diff rules an regs then OTR..we have OILFIELD EXEMPTIONS law we also use in with DOT laws...for those that say you can not legaly sleep in a day cab doesnt know THE exemption laws we run and how to use them to be legal...

[XBL Laberbacke]

ATS is not an oilfield trucking simulator, though.

[Yukon Moose]

Messaggio originale di XBL Laberbacke:

ATS is not an oilfield trucking simulator, though.

i never knew that thanks for telling me..

[XBL Laberbacke]

You're welcome, as they say.