HOS violations. How often and how bad?

company only has to keep them 6 months dot can only check back 6 months from the company in an audit as for driver they can only go back 7 days plus today now what an ambulance chasing laywer will do i dont know if there is even a hinkering of past creative logging they will hang u in court if there is a fatal

6 minutes on elog will probally get u a warning with ur company just dont make a habbit out of it and u should be fine dot doesnt USUALLY check elogs roadside not saying they havent or wouldent but after 8 days i'd say ur safe from dot

now if u on paper stay running legal as much as possible ur still new u will learn in time what u can be creative with but if u need to be creative and dont know how DONT GUESS ask an older driver prefferably a bull hauler or a reefer hauler they will learn u young grass-hoppa chances are they will teach u how to make the logbook sing mary had a little lamb if u want it to lol

we will not go in to how i log as my book can be dropped and put someones eye out 95% of the time but its the chance i take and i am well paid for what i do

 

That and some of the varied methods of elogs might be better answered back channel instead of an open forum that can be read like FB.

And your company might, like they say haul you in on a class for logging or you might get a call from safety. Either way it is a red flag to them.

It is a pain to sometimes not have a place to park or way to get there. Husband was 7hrs into his 10 and his co-driver was on his 34 when they were asked by CO state police to move. They were south of Lamar, CO, all the inns were full and he knew of a place down the road that had a wide, packed dirt spot off side of the highway. Smokey guess didn't like it.

He has crept out of places to get to a t/s where it would not kick in the elogs.

 

Remember, you can WORK beyond your 14 hours, you just can't drive the truck beyond your 14 hours.

 

Pretty much how I log. I've only been cited once and it was my fault for drawing a straight line on the sleeper instead of splitting off duty/sleeper on a day I didn't drive.

 

Yo your one of the gang I used to drive/work 20 hours every other day just to be home every night

 

If "their" asking me to run a day illegal- they cant dispatch or plan. What are "they" risking? Nothing. The Driver risks everything..Make no mistake about that.

Prisons and cemetery's are full of Super Truckers.

 

truer words have never been spoken.

 

if you run into a situation and a shipper/rec, that will be running close.

NOTIFY DISPATCH !!

always keep them in the loop. they may even pull you out and return later. drop the trailer, ect.

if they ask you to run a load and you don't have the hrs, SAY SO !! on the Quaalcom never on the phone. that way it is on record.

I also run pretty much legal now. this ain't the '80s.lol

a personal injury accident and 1/2 hour over on the log. go to jail,do not pass go.

I'm too old to have to go out and get a "real" job.lol