E-Log vs. Log Books???

My company uses qualcomm e-logs and I never have to edit anything, just log in when i start my day and log out when i'm done. If I run out of hours and get a violation so be it, keep going to a hotel or home whichever comes first.

 

That's the way your company set up your box ... mine is 1 minute increments ... you gotta know how the box works to game it. Just like you need to know how to game your paper logs.

Without flat out lying, just bending where you can, on paper I will use more time than I will when I'm gaming the box.

 

elogs is lot better bc u dont have to keep track of the miles or figure out what city u r in, and you dont have to caculate your hrs....

 

Who, besides the government, even gives a hoot about such useless information anyway? It's all just information overload for a Big truck truck driver to keep track of so they can report it to the powers that be in D.C.

I, for one, look forward to the day when the government implements mind reading and thought control technology so we won't have to be bothered with thinkin' and/or rememberin' technical stuff. I say bring on a cashless society and a one-world government. The sooner, the better. Let the end begin. I give it 'bout seven years of trials and tribulations before the world goes to hell in a hand basket.

After the Rapture there'll be a shortage of Big truck truck drivers of epic proportions. To fill all the empty seats, qualifications will be lowered to accommodate the knuckle draggin' low brows who have accepted the mark of the Beast in return for the privilege of employment and knowing where one's eternity will be spent. Removed will be the concern about which Big truck truckin' company to hire on with as there will be only one such company in existence, ---
C.R. England, --- the hands down best qualified company with years of experience puttin' their drivers through hell, and enjoyin' every eternal minute of it.
What's not to like?

 

You might never get caught cheating but who will visit you in prison when there is an accident and saome ambulance chaser disects that log and finds out you were cheating? Not worth it!

 

So... you folks using Qualcom MCP 200 are not having any issues, any technical problem? Mine is becoming very irritating... I have replaced the darn box... this one is brandy new but I guess the problem is the f##### software. Every day now I have to waste time... call QC technical support to reset the thing... and wait on hold, listening to their "elevator music" (which totally sucks)... It's a real aggravation when I have to change my status or send a message or listen to one (since the darn thing doesn't let me read or write while vehicle is in motion...) And the box freezes.... can't use keyboard, the letters get stuck on the virtual keyboard, the function buttons don't work.... OH LORD I MISS PAPER LOGS SOOOOOOO MUCH! And folks insist this is easier and faster????... Qualcom told me I will need to ask my company to make a request to QC for a "hard reset" so they can re-install the freaking system. And my company will have to collect some data, provide them with some info, I will have to log out.... It will have to be done during my "hometime"... In the meantime I will have to keep calling QC everyday for my daily reset....

 

I was three minutes over, getting home the other day...

Thanks God I was on paper logs. Heheheheheeee

Mikeeee

 

Safety will be contacting you like they have done with me recently. OMG you moved your truck three minutes away to a safe haven even though you have been stuck at shipper for two days what is wrong with you!!! I will contact you again tomorrow I am going home now!

If you unplug Qualcomm won't it just update once it comes back online? Because once I logged out to see what would happen and it added my activity back on when I logged back in.

 

Very true. I know a paranoid guy who does everything by the book and he gets $400 - $500 checks whereas everyone else makes $1300 - $1600. The HOS is flawed because it doesn't account for shipping delays that eat up all of your off duty and driving time. You could drive for 30 minutes, be delayed at shipper for 6 hours, and only have 8 hours of driving time even though you have been waiting in sleeper the whole time well rested after coming off a 10 hour restart prior to arriving. They need to not allow loading/unloading to eat up your time if you are in the sleeper.

 

Under the old HOS anything over 2 hours in the sleeper would extend your clock. OOIDA protested the sleeper berth changes . Their voice in Washington went unheard .