How you're "classified" is irrelevant. If you're operating a commercial vehicle, you are required to comply with Hours of Service regulations. DOT could care less if you're an employee, an independent contractor, the dispatcher's daughter's boyfriend or a guy off the street when they write you a ticket.
Do you log a road test during orientation?
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Hi all,
When we road test personnel, they do not run a log book and neither do we. I can run all I want as a local driver running a tractor trailer and never run a log book unless I fall outside the exceptions for a 100 air mile driver.
As a local driver and road test evaluator, you and the person being evaluated can operate under 49 CFR 395.1 (e)(1)
Category
Type of Exception
Conditions That Must Be Met
49 CFR Section
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]100 air-mile [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times] Logbook not required [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times] Report and return to work reporting loca[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]§395.1(e)(1) [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]radius driver [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]tion within 12 consecutive hours [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times](Also see driver[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times] Stay within 100 air-mile radius of work [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]salesperson) [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]reporting location Keep time records showing time in, time out, and total number of hours [/FONT][/FONT] -
There are un-written exceptions, such as students with permits behind the wheel. When I was an instructor in Ca., we never had log books in use. No log books when being tested at the DMV either. One time, the DMV tester drove a truck back from the students road test (not my company). Did the tester have a log book? Don't think so. Did the student fail his road test? Oh, yeah.
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AKN Freightliner said: ↑Hi all,
When we road test personnel, they do not run a log book and neither do we. I can run all I want as a local driver running a tractor trailer and never run a log book unless I fall outside the exceptions for a 100 air mile driver.
As a local driver and road test evaluator, you and the person being evaluated can operate under 49 CFR 395.1 (e)(1)
Category
Type of Exception
Conditions That Must Be Met
49 CFR Section
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]100 air-mile [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times] Logbook not required [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times] Report and return to work reporting loca[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]§395.1(e)(1) [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]radius driver [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]tion within 12 consecutive hours [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times](Also see driver[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times] Stay within 100 air-mile radius of work [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]salesperson) [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times][FONT=LCFFL O+ Times,Times]reporting location Keep time records showing time in, time out, and total number of hours [/FONT][/FONT]Click to expand...
However the soon to be driver must account for all hours worked for the previous 7/14 (Canada) days, thus we make them log it on line 4.
Could you see a driver sitting in class 8 hours then completing class and boom he/she is dispatched because he/she didn't have to log it, meaning they would be awake 22 hrs with no rest, legally. Not going to happening.
Logging line 4 is sufficient though, logging line 3 shouldn't hurt you either way.
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