I have noticed that several trucks run electronic logs park by me at truck stops and rest areas are not staying their full 10 hour mandatory break. I drive during the daytime & sleep at night so I am usually stopped by 6:00pm. So when another truck stops at 10 or 11 pm or later then they are off & running by 5 or 6 am this is not 10 hours. I have talked with drivers using them & they tell me that there is many ways to get around the e logs. This isn't something that just started it has been going on for a long time. A lot of these trucks are from the big fleets, some of them from the ones that rallied fmcsa to implement e logs . I am familiar with the split sleeper birth rule and am pretty sure that they are not doing this.
Electronic Logs are a Joke
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Straitliner, Aug 12, 2014.
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Clever drivers end-running the intent of the law.
Sometimes, in some trucks, you can unplug the fuse that runs the elogger. -
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Straitliner Thanks this.
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That's weird, I have exactly the opposite observation. I will pop my brakes and note who my truckstop neighbors are, take my ten and 15 pretrip and see the same neighbors still sitting there, curtains drawn.
Yeah, I know, everyone's got their story, from they are on their 34 or they have an appointment much later in the day, but those are the exceptions.
As for these strawmen drivers who drive for these large unnamed elogging carriers taking less than 10 hrs. A) they could be using the 8 and 2 to take their break, B) they are knowlingly not compliant, C) their unnamed carrier is most likely unaware of this and will probably fire them for it, and D) these drivers would be doing the same on paper.peterd, Dinomite, Straitliner and 3 others Thank this. -
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Is it possible these trucks have a Qualcomm despatch device, but still run paper logs?
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All logs are a joke
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