Rest stops

About this topic

  • Audience: Drivers

  • Conditions/restrictions:

    • Your company must be licensed for TruETA and TMWGoTripPlanning to use the Trip Planning functionality. If your company does not have both licenses, you will not see the image7 Trip Planning icon or the Trip Planning screens.

    • Your company must be licensed for and running SystemsLink 2018.3 or later.

When TruETA plans trips, it generates suggested Rest Stops from one stop event to the next. Rest stops are locations where you can park and take a break or rest (including the 34-hour reset). TruETA determines the number rest stops and the distance between rest stops based on: your company’s setup, your Hours of Service, weather conditions, driving conditions, traffic, and other factors.

Suggested rest stops appear on the Trip Planning screen.

Rest stop examples

Examples include:

  • A rest stop along a freeway or turnpike

  • Travel center or travel plaza

  • Fueling stations designed for tractors and/or trailers

  • User-specific locations, such as a parking lot

You use the Trip Planning screen to:

  • View suggested rest stops

  • Add rest stops

  • Delete rest stops

  • Change a rest stop location or duration

This illustration shows a trip with suggested rest stops.

image8