"FORCED to break-the-law!---"Elogs and the Catch 22???"

We appease the Americans because our dollar is typically lower and we can produce the same quality products their factories can produce at a fraction of the cost... and we don't have the societal problems Mexico has, with the corruption, unsolved murders, cartels, etc.
It turns out we trade approximately the same amount to each other, so it is a mutually beneficial relationship..

 

I think that's my biggest concern, that I could feel pressure to drive differently.

Not going to do it though.

 

Any irregular route OTR driver faces this daily.

 

To make it even more interesting for us food hauling border hoppers is the mandatory 2 hour wait for fda clearance as well as random border pull in inspections.... oh, and fda office is not open 24 hours, and the receivers will reject any load that hasn't cleared fda when it arrives at their warehouse. Fun times...

 

Yes, when you plan for 2-3 hours unloading or loading, but they turn it into 5-8 hours

 

You have never been an o/o working for yourself, you will not understand how it is to compete with big guys. Most guys who complain about elogs are independent o/o and not company drivers.

 

Maybe this is all going to be like the big "Y2k" scare in 1999. Everybody thought the world was going to be a huge calamity on January 1, 2000. But alas, as it turned out, nothing of any consequence happened.

Safety departments are going to be inundated with calls from pissed off drivers, and drivers are going to be inundated with calls from pissed off safety departments. But in the end, the freight will be received when it gets there BECAUSE THEY NEED IT.

Law enforcement will not be immediately pouncing on every truck operating "in violation" and they will likely provide most with at least 6 months grace period to get their acts together, because otherwise there would be utter chaos at any random inspection as they tried to figure out a few dozen flawed eLog systems operated by tens of thousands flawed drivers who "just don't get it (new technology)"

Truth is, most CMV cops would rather sort through chicken scratch paper logs then try and figure out all the "violations" noted in most trucks' eLog systems and listen to all the cries of "I didn't know how to do that".

But, lots of preplans are going to be missed. Lot's of planners and CSR's and brokers will endure pure hell having to reschedule thousands of appointments every week but the big boys wanted this to make the life of the small guys miserable and for them to reconsider their stock and trade, and if they want to stay with it.

DO NOT give them (major trucking companies) what they want. Stick with it. You will figure it out and you will realize that outside of a few rare situations, eLogs are manageable once you adjust your mentality and way of looking at them and how you plan and conduct your business and your day.

i.e. stay away from Walmart loads in the beginning, and you should be okay.

 

Yep, I will be doing some of that until I get used to the darn thing.