How will DOT know if I have ELD or not?

I keep my laminated instruction card in my permit book. It is ready upon request.

 

Our units also came with some nice little stickers/advertisements to put on the door for prime visibility by the state troopers. Hmmmm, I wonder if the sticker will be enough "proof" so the trooper just lets a driver go without any additional questions?

Since we happen to have a few extra stickers, let's start the bidding at $200.00 each!

 

They seem to be getting more educated on them. In past inspections, I have had them ask if I was on ELog, once I said yes that was it.

Last week I got pulled over in Kentucky for a Roadside Inspection. ( Which is dangerous as h&ll in my opinion) He wanted to check my elog, I offered to walk him through it, he said I am very familiar with these. He was, he checked my current day, last 7 days, last reset etc.

 

Dude in Arizona checked mine very thoroughly.

 

I'm heading down to CT & RI tomorrow morning, so it will be interesting to see if the rate of inspections goes up since the new mandate will be in place. I guess we'll all find out tomorrow.

 

I am more curios about other rates, the loads per truck ratio.... Or trucks per parking spot ratio...

 

I won't.

 

They will also look to see a pattern of having very little On Duty time added to the Driving time (8 day recap page). They see a number of days with only 2-3 minutes of additional On Duty time, that may be a driver not logging various non-driving tasks such as fueling and PTI's. They may then want to have a closer look. So be advised

On paper, logging 15 minutes for this and that was no big deal because you could make up for the lost time elsewhere. Not so much on eLogs so drivers [me included] might tend to see how much (little) they can get away with in regards to logging On Duty time. Especially those provided with all the miles they could ever want.

 

I would expect them to play dumb until you finish then start writing you tickets. One of those will likely be for giving a false statement to police.

 

As long as the police are allowed (and encouraged) to lie in order to manipulate a person into giving the desired response, I see no problem with reciprocating the behavior. As they say, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.