Because it's the law...
Look, I'm not saying what should be, but what is.
Here's what on-duty means...
on-duty time means the period that begins when a driver begins work or is required by the motor carrier to be available to work, except if the driver is waiting to be assigned to work, and that ends when the driver stops work or is relieved of responsibility by the motor carrier, and
(a) includes driving time and time spent by the driver
And here is PC usage...
- (i) inspecting, servicing, repairing, conditioning, fuelling or starting a commercial vehicle,
(b) does not include driving time for the driver’s personal use, if
Getting it serviced is business related, thus it's on duty....
- (i) the vehicle is not used in the course of the business of the motor carrier,
How to work around Electronic logbook??
Discussion in 'ELD Forum | Questions, Answers and Reviews' started by LUSA, Jan 10, 2018.
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I didn’t need a break down of what the law is, but thanks. They are forcing guys like myself out. 21 years and three trucks, I’ve had enough. When I can drive a dump truck and be paid a living away allowance tax free, and make more money than I can buying a $200k truck, the system is broken. I love driving and owning a truck, but when the rules forced down our throats no longer make it profitable, why would I?
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Im driving my personal vehicle to the parts store to pick up filters, oil and a case of grease, then driving back top my truck to service it. Guess what, every minute of it will be logged on duty because that's the freaking law.
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So you’re telling me if you’re out with wife/gf picking up groceries, and you grab stuff for the truck too, whatever it might be, let’s call it windshield washer, you go home and log it on your elog?? Come off it.
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Roberts450 and aaronpeterbilt3787 Thank this.
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What he said. ☝
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By law you need to keep maintenance records. If you are the one doing the work it is also supposed to be logged. If in afm accident thre plaintiffs attorneys are going to get your loss and your maintenance records and will compare them. That's just the world we live in. And it doesn't matter if you caused the accident it not, you are getting sued. -
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How does it not affect your reset?? If you edit your logs to show on duty time in middle of your reset, you’ve just null and voided your reset. There are very few times I’m out and about doing personal things that I don’t also do something for the truck. In that frame of mind, I’d never get a reset in, therefore never having hours to go back to actually making money. BS for sure. I call BS all day long.
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