Retired now, so I don't have a dog (anymore) in this fight.
Large companies are audited every two years or less. The DOT is looking for violations in logging AND that the compliance dept is self auditing to ensure accuracy. Yes it's nitpicking, but the auditor has to prove they're earning their keep. So they look to see if the department is combing thru everything. If they find things like this, they trust (more) that the department is watching for bigger things and is constantly retraining drivers to follow the rules to the letter. No matter how good a job the department does, the company is fined for violations. The more of these little nitpicking items the company catches, the less close the auditor looks.
It's not about safety, it's about money. No company ever gets a clean bill of health. It's a question of how much the fine will be.
When the company I retired from (driving, then later dispatch) put a different head in that department (and she was a nitpicker!) our annual audit fine was reduced more than $300K from the average fines we paid.
Money and politics is the basis of all this nonsense.
Written up for being in the shower while logged as sleeper berth.
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I really laugh. The OP is the one that screwed up his logs. Which is a violation. But everyone is calling the company the bad guy. Better that he learns from a write up. Rather than being dinged for it as a log violation.
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This gives a new meaning to "its only illegal if you get caught." What a fine line. You don't have an accident, they don't even look at your logs.
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