Hours of service violations

Might as well quit now. An FMCSA agent is probably on the look out for you now

 

Ask your trainer.
Most likely not.

 

It won't be a big deal with SWIFT. Should count more against your trainer. Hope you learned something from it tho.

 

you will be put on Double Secret Probation for the rest of your training period

 

1 whole minute isn't even worth asking about

 

I bet a minute doesnt even show up to them...they have tons of overages each day. At most pull over when you are down to 5 minutes and have your "trainer" take over.

Be Safe Out There

Captain Dave

 

Years ago, with paper logs, we never ran out of hours. My 1st boss said, " You can get it pretty close with a pencil". I know, things have changed. When I did OBR's, they usually gave you some time to enter a reason why, and it was no big deal, (unless you were WAY over) As far as the bonus, I'm sure they will find some other stupid reason not to give it to you.

 

Cannon, it's pretty obvious your mentor doesn't know best, otherwise he wouldn't be pushing you to the last minute. When I was training, I never pushed to the last minute. There is just no reason for it. My advise, as soon as possible, call your training coordinator and let them know about what your mentor is causing. And then don't worry about the violations. No, swift isn't going to take any bonus or hand out any penalty. At the most, you will be assigned to a log class to learn the proper way to plan your day better. And it sounds like your mentor needs this class himself.

Swift isn't really concerned about minor HOS violations like one minute over or something like that. If that happens, just add a comment saying safe haven to cya. The real concern comes if you should get pulled over by DOT. If they should happen to do a log check and see your violations, you could be ticketed for that. Of course, in your situation, once you explain how the mentor forced you into the situation, he may be the one in trouble.

Bottom line is, he might be the mentor but he doesn't know best. When it comes to your logs and your cdl, that is your responsibility and you need to protect them.