Are you keeping your logs current to the last duty status change?

How far behind will you get on your log's?

Do you know DOT is shutting you down if they are not current & giving out fines?

Why do you want to keep your logs behind and hand over your hard earned money to the states?

Why do you want to have a bad record with Safety & your DAC over not keeping logs current?

I have just been seeing alot of DOT OOS for logs not current & many of them are 4-7 days behind.

Keep your logs current if you want your hard earned money . Make sure you hand them into your company.

BE SAFE .

I want you drivers to answer these questions as I am curious to know how you are keeping your logs current. If you don't understand what DOT means in keeping logs current please discuss this with me. I also would like to hear your stories of being put out of service by DOT for logs not current so others can see it can happen and it can be costly. No need to be ashamed, it happens to them all usually.

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"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."

Exactly how current are you talking about? Just wondering so I don't get into trouble. The DOT has been a pain in the arse here lately.

I'd like to know that too. Will they deadline you for being current to ... say ... four hours ago?

You should get shut down for 4-7 days behind.

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Z-Lady's devoted hubby.

I always kept all of my logs up to date. Just had to remember which one to give them.

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My childhood dream of becoming a truck driver turned into a nightmare!

Been there, done that!

This is why I am posting this. DOT is NOT playing games anymore and I really am trying to give you all heads up.

I really meant to do a poll with this, duh and they call me a mod. I forgot the poll

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"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."

Let me see. What day is this officer?

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My childhood dream of becoming a truck driver turned into a nightmare!

so whats the answer to the original question. i always figured it was to the change of duty status.........

You figured correctly.

Some diesel cops will allow little catch up work if you're within four hours, or so, of current. This make sense because if you logged on duty for the first time at 07:00, and it's now 14:00 on the same day, there is no mathematical way you could have used the fourteen. Putting a driver out of service because he's a couple of hours behind, at this point is just stupid.

Some want to see the book immediately, like while you're sitting on the weighing platform. No catch up allowed. If it ain't perfect, you're getting a ticket. That's when you realize, it ain't about safety, it's about revenue.

I went through a roadside inspection a few months ago. The diesel cop didn't even ask to see the logbook. I didn't ask, but he volunteered that in his opinion, the logbook was joke, and full of lies. He said it took too much effort to catch a driver cheating during a roadside, and that the auditors could do more damage during an in-house audit.

I want the drivers to answer these questions, I don't want to answer them.

I want to know how current are they keeping their logs!

Do I need to change this??

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"Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then."