Do you run illegal on your logs?

No need to lie. I get paid by the hour, and most days I only run about 100 to 200 miles, sometimes it seems like half of them are in reverse lol. You know, that brings up a question, if I run more miles in reverse than forward in a day, and my odometer turns backwards (mechanical speedo) I end up with a negitive number for the miles I ran that day (I'm not kidding this has really happened) how do I log it legal without going back in time?


Just in case you are wondering, the day in question started at 8:00 pm. I was working on the railroad and had to back along side the tracks following a crane that was putting up electrical towers, By midnight I had turned the odometer back a little over a mile.

 

this is SO true unfortunatly. We have one guy like that and he is the Butt of every joake, he gets messed with as much as possible and eeryone is constantly complaining hen he is out of hours. Now some of this is his fault as he's not the brightest guy and does things to hurt himself. We get schedualed 34 off every week but our schedual is very flexible. We can basicly do runs as we want but he does things like do half his run one day and do the other half the next day when that is supposed to be his 34 off then the day after he is complaining that he is out of hours.

 

Now that isn't nice!! You menie

 

My favorite log book story is based on a report in Transport Topics. At one port of entry in a northwestern state, drivers were asked to show their log book. These drivers did not realize that their logs were being faxed to another port of entry in a state farther west. When the drivers arrived at the more western port of entry, they were showing a different log book.

 

Back when I ran 48 I got pulled into the POE on 84 in OR on the way home from NY and had not touched my log book in two days. I told the Inspector the truth and even thru in a sob story on how I lived in Seattle and was kept back east till after my time off was sapposed to start and then rushed home. He put me out of service for 5 hours and then said get on down the road, and thanked me for my honesty. My company was the targeted for inspection carrier of the day. 2 out of 3 drivers they pulled in before me had no problems with the trucks but got hefty tickets for their log books. All becuase they lied and one, becuase he had no log.

I guess the moral of the story is to be honest and take responcibilty. They might just cut you some slack if you have a good record of compliance and show a little honesty.

 

My first DOT Inspection I was in the same boat. lol. I was honest, Officer, Sorry but I had not touched it all week... He saido k get it caught up and let me look at it. and he went to work inspecting the truck. hour later after ihe finished writing the 2 pages on the truck he looked at my logs and said ok. get the rim replaced and you can go. I does pay to be honet and respectful.

Not going to say how my logs were done.

 

I have been giving the chance to "get it caught p" 4 or 5 times. It does pay to be nice. I am always respectful to them. They are just doing there jobs. Occasionally you get one who just wants to be a jerk though. Had one of those in my car a few weeks ago. It's a troper thn hangs around where we built our new shop. SO far he has pulled over 4 people fr not making complete stops. He sits in a gas station and every car that pulls in he ulls right up behind them and runs there plates. I'm really surprised the gas station lets him do that. I won't patronize that gas station anymore because of it. He pulled me over and gave me a $160 fine for expired plates, no warnings with this guy. And he was RUDE, there was no being nice to that guy