Still on Paper Logs ? watch out. there goes freedom

I am.
at the last cabs meeting, i was the only one there still on paper.
i think they want everyone on electronics just like Big Brother.
been with lstr since june 2001.
no moving violations ever.
csa score is 17 or so, thanks to a license plate light out on their trailer.
my logbook score they keep is 13. i understand we are allowed up to 40 before they demand you volunteer for an eobr.
i was off for 3 weeks, sent my logs in by dctscan from my home lap.
called into logs to verify they got them before i went back out.
i got someone in the log dept i had never had before. i think it was tesse.
she went####### on me not sending my logs in for every 13 days.
i always do it that way. most of the logs were just off duty anyways.
told me i had to volunteer then and there for an eobr, or else if i had any more log violations at a DOT stop, or didnt turn my logs every 13 days, then i would have to BUY a freakin' eobr for $800... do u think lstr pays $800 for one of those ? i doubt it.
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so i ask to speak with the supervisor and talked to her.
she told me it was law that all carriers would be eobr by 2016. not true.
ooida said it is a proposed law.
ooida has a link to submit comments on the law on their website if you want to weigh in to your local law maker.
so i ask for two weeks to think about it.
i called her back and she basically said i was on 'their list' now and any more infractions i would have to get an eobr.
i called mercer and liked them, and the guy said they dont have any requirements to have an eobr, plus they have ones available that are much less intrusive than the eobr that lstr is pushing. like it doesnt hook to the ship's computer and it uses a smart phone to transmit the log. but i dont have a trailer so it makes jumping a two step process.
so i am trying to work my way up the chain of command there at corp to see if i can get a little satisfaction for an 'ole timer.
i sure dont want to pay for one, and i dont want one in the truck until it is the LAW !

 

I have thought about it.
for one thing, i am not a "paper work" kind of guy. i know there are companys that will manage your own authority for you. i could do it but it seems to me to be a lot of work.
second, i worked for a lady for a while that had her own authority. one of those deals where i paid a monthly flat rate for her authority and base insurance. the loads i got thru her or off the dat or truckstop.com were bottom of the barrel and i had to wait like 6 weeks or more to get paid. that sucked.
lstr freight is really pretty good, even with their big chunk they take off the top.
and if they pass the eobr law, we will all be forced to have one.
and once they do that. they will be handing speeding tickets based on your ship's computer and the gps, i think it will only be time.
and be one step closer to getting chipped in our forehead.
long live cliven bundy.

 

well, if i knew where i could get good paying freight, i would consider that.. but as i explained, the DAT board,,, you'll go broke using that.