bobtail miles

Bobtail miles...if you're working...Line 3

If you're relieved of duty....Line 1

 

It depends on your company, and what they want.

If you log this time on line 1. Then send in your logs, reflecting 275 miles with only 3 hours driving (from line 3). You're going to get hit with a speeding violation from your logging department audits.

I get dinged every time I do this. I just gave up, and started logging it as driving. If I had the hours that is, and I was going home for the weekend.

 

You must show all driven miles. If you are off-duty and bobtailing home don't show them on your log however you should be showing them on your trip report as off-duty miles in this manner support the IFTA taxes on all miles driven in any state. Failure to show them as shown here could cause you/your company to be fined big time under the IFTA agreement.

From a retired federal DOT official

 

psanderson, I'm glad you are part of this forum.

We can learn a great deal of information from your experience as a DOT official.

 

String him up, I say! String him up from the highest...

oh.. wait. Retired

Duh!

Hey there, PSAnderson! Welcome to the forum!
Man, I wish you'd been around when I was asking stupider questions than I do now.

Peace out, dude!

 

Thanks helpful info

 

What happened to psanderson? 1 1/2 years since his last post.

 

I used to get hit with the same thing. Company only wants line 3 miles counted, but I always felt like it was wrong not to show a true count of all miles driven.

Now, I make a notation under my recorded miles saying "on duty". Then, I flag my off duty driving and make a note of start/end locations and miles for that trip.

Might be more than I need to show, but I figure that as long as I am legal it keeps my company happy and is one less thing for the DOT to complain about.