Drivers Daily Log

I have been using DDL since 1975, and have no complaints. Well worth the 95.00 bucks. I use a loose leaf log to turn in but I double check it with DDL.

 

1997 not 1975 soory, my mistake

 

1975???
DO you mean 1995?

 

Glad you straightened that out. I was wondering if they had an abacus version of DDL too...
I have been using it since about 1996 (or so) 4th revision. Using it so long, I have a free lifetime license. In fact, I like to think that I was the one who convinced Nick to start charging for it.

 

Sometime about 2002 (not sure of the year) while I was using DDL, I found another program in the internet that cost $70 for a license. There was a 30 day "Trial" Period. I D/L this other program and used it side-by-side with DDL for 30 days.
This other program was VERY "basic", was very difficult to use, "LOOKED" horrible and printed "UGLY" logs. I began emailing the creator and his replies were condescending and rude. Sometime later I wrote LandLine Magazine about these two programs, of which they published the majority of my letter. I said that "by-far DDL was the better program, at any price" I sent the article to Nick and shortly after that he began charging for the program. When the HOS regulations changed recently, Nick updated his program, and the other one disappeared.

 

A driver brought this to my attention one day and I told him instantly it would not work with the JJ Keller scanning software. He kept bugging me etc and then he went a step above me and found out it could be done as long as they used my log format (is somewhat a little different, but it works fine).

So I sell their product 2 x's a week to drivers, I would say I sell # least 2-3 a week and I get nothing from doing this. But it helps the drivers so I continue to do it and it helps us, we can read them and them drivers usually don't go over their 11,14 or 70 hour rule. Now I have found they cheat.