Driver TO Dispatch?

The company may still be required to keep your logs because you are still an eligible driver for them since you have a CDL. If they get audited and don't have them, they may get dinged.

 

You, by law, are not required to keep a log unless you drive. It would be like telling a dock worker that holds a CDL to keep a log. Or a better example is making a yard jockey who moves trailers around on company property, but never leaves the property. But, I guess if you are employed by this company, you better do what they tell you, unless it is "illegal". Even when I hauled fuel for a local fuel company, I did not keep a log, my daily time sheet covered me.

 

They probably want to keep you ready to drive in case they need it. What if they have a hot load out of the terminal you work for, and OMG its gotta be there tomorrow? Oh, and the driver that was hauling it got P.O.d and left and his truck is still there. Oh, and you have a CDL. You suddenly need to have 8 days of logs.

However, it sounds like whoever is telling you to do this is misguided. You shouldn't have to log it on an OTR logbook. A timesheet showing the hours you worked should be enough. You don't leave a 100 airmile radius to go to the watercooler from your desk I hope.

By the way, who do you work for? Sounds like a great deal to go from driving to being in an office job, if you wanted to atleast. Now you get paid for all worked performed and sleep at home every night. Nice deal.

 

Adam I came out of the truck for three years, and went into management. My company never once asked me to keep a log for my time behind the desk. I've been back in the truck for a year. The office politics drove me more crazy than the 4-wheelers!! Good luck with your new venture

 

Well, you could tell the safety officer to "pound sand," or "stick it in his ear," but that might not be a real good idea. Particularly if his "position" is "higher up" than yours is. Just shine him on and do what you want to do.

You might ask him to show you in writing where this is needed. If it happens to be a company policy, he should have it at his finger tips. If he tries to tell you "IT IS THE LAW," ask him to show it to you in writing. Then let him waste his time trying to look it up.

Might be a good deal for some. For me, it would have been a nightmare. Talk about jumping from the frying pan into the fire?

 

Wouldn't your time in the office be line 4?

 

Yep, if you're working in the office, it is on duty not driving. Same goes for any job you do where you receive compensation. So if you drove during the week, and got a extra job on the weekend to make a little extra money, any time spent at that second job must be logged as on duty, not driving.