Do you run illegal on your logs?

Good deal! At least you learned your lesson without harm coming your way .
I hope that for all drivers, unfortunately you always have the one's that keep pushing until bad happens. Just like a drunk driver or a bank robber. They keep doing it until they get busted enough, then sometimes they do not learn .

I am happy you are team now and learned the easy/hard way.
Good luck to you and always remember that story and don't let anyone put you in the situation to go 10 minutes over the HOS! DOT does help protect you as well! That is a messed up comment, but somewhat true

 

You can do it! You can do it! YES YOU CAN

Good luck either way

 

Cerberus: The worst driver’s logs in the world sometimes pass DOT on the road When they come into the company and audit, you better come out squeaky clean or if you are in an Major accident. When DOT comes in the office and finds violations they can mail you a friendly letter saying you owe them $1,000.00 (less or more?) and the company could be shut down. I see them to do this in near future to make some points. I can't say for sure but I can see this happening so drivers get the point you must log legal. Inside the company the auditor has many more documents to view.

Plus the next officer might take it further and bust you. Save the dollars in fines cause they are looking allot closer @ the logs on the road. I believe we discussed this once before hmmm.

I am just telling you guys/gals this to save money in fines and to keep you free so you can talk to me here

Have a great night and umm you should be in Indy today? Lovely weather huh

 

My opinion is you should not log paid miles and you should record your conversations or type it over the qualcom. Do not be too obvious in what you are doing they can usually tell what's up. Once you get the information you need to prove who is making you log illegal send a letter to the Federal DOT and they WILL come and do an audit. Understand they will audit your logs in return (usually to see if you are logging legal and being a legit complainer, not just mad at your dispatcher).

See now when DOT audits your logs on the road they will do a point to point.
Let’s say I am going from Indianapolis to Chicago and at the posted speed limit it takes 4 hours to get there, but you logged it @ 62 your log would probably show 3 hours driving. The minimum it can take is 4. YOU would get a ticket for false log speeding.

Now the worse thing to happen is you get in an accident and bad things happen. DOT & Attorneys will be matching your logs to the qualcom the very next day after the accident (if not that day) and if your dispatcher forced you to run illegal he/she might go to jail and guess who else goes? Yes, you because you are not supposed to run illegal either.

That's the worse case scenario. The best scenario is you don't have an accident and you get the lazy officers that do not check your log book so closely.

Ok I have done my preaching for now. This is just advice to protect you and for me to know I tried to help you. It is your prerogative to do what you want, but I want you to know what can happen if you keep doing what you are.


Have you talked to your safety director? Sometimes the dispatchers are doing this without the company knowing it for the bonus they probably get