Landstar canceled me

DOT rule is you must carry a paper log in-case e-log fails, he should have known this, Im sorry but the fault lies with the driver, not company or Qualcomm,

 

The paper log will not agree with a qualcomm. If filled out and the qualcomm, then it is running two log books.

So, where does he get the hours when the company is closed and qualcomm does not help either?

 

Go ask the FMCSA... they wrote the regulations.

 

You dont fill out both, you use the paper in case E-log failure, If you are on e-log, you should have the instruction booklet, it explains it there

 

So, where does the driver get the hours for the logs when the company is closed and qualcomm is not giving them to the driver?

You have found fault with the driver here, give the answer.

 

Officially? You pull over and wait until someone can provide you with the data. Unofficially? Gin up a reasonable and legal approximation in loose leaf format that will pass an inspection.

What you really need is an accurate accounting of what you did AFTER the failure. You can backfill the 8-days when the logs department gets back to work.

 

guess, I'm a little smarter than some, but I keep a recap written down, so I always know what I have done, no need to call anyone for what I have done the past 7 day's, E-log goes down! I can do what I need to continue legally, It's called being PROFESSIONAL

 

Whatever.

I bet that your book would not be in agreement with the ELOG.

In the event it went down and you created it, and had an accident, look out.

By the way, I know my hours to the exact without the elog or paper. Guess, I would have no problem.

But, the minute by minute of the ELOG to the 15 minute on the paper log is where you will have a false log.

 

It is going to bring the hammer down on the cheaters, they will no longer be able to do what they do. The rate is going to have to go up.

That being said, I am not hauling cheap as it is, but there is a time where I was, and when I was, yeah my solution was to run as many miles as I could and kill myself doing it, now I don't do that. I move my load, drive 5-600 miles a day, I am happy and I am getting paid.

The thing having the elog has done for me is made it really easy to say "Sorry, I ain't got the hours"

Granted it has shot me in the foot a couple of times too, like yesterday I ran out of hours before I could get my load, so I will get it Monday, no biggie, because I had a bunch of stuff needed done to the truck this weekend anyhow and that is getting done, going to make me a lot more comfortable.

Also I really like that personal conveyance button on the thing, makes me feel much less tethered to the truck stops, I use it all the time now. It has really taken the worry out of it and saved me a lot of time.

As well I have been having some issues with the unit, it is a Rand McNally TND 760, they are sending me a replacement I should have in my hands Wednesday or Thursday.

All in all it has made trucking easier for me. If something that makes it easier for me also takes a bunch of bottom feeders out of the business, well it is not going to hurt my feelings.

 

I agree......Anyone who thinks that the government mandating something will fix something else is sorely mistaken. Even when there is a positive benefit from government regulation somebody else suffers.