Tape Recorder??

Laws vary, state to state. Be careful, and do it right !! Or it may bite ya where it hurts....And find another job ASAP !!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Bumpy...
When it comes down to it you could have a recording or even a certified letter from your dispatcher telling you to run over hours or overweight, but when you're in the defendant's chair none of it will matter - YOU still made the choice to run illegal.
Despite this, I still don't think you'll find a dispatcher willing to tell you to run illegal while being recorded, so smart move telling them you were.
Just my 2 cents.

 

Use the QuallComm when ever possible. It holds all msg for 6 months.

 

He never said he ran illegal , only that they tried to get him to . That's where the problem is . It's not illegal for them to try to get you to run illegally , only to force you or allow you to run illegally . To nail them you have to admit you were in violation . Some action could be possible if you suffered retribution after refused to violate HOS but that could be hard to prove .

 

Yes, I understand he didn't run illegal and was not trying to insinuate that he did.

 

do not talk to them on the phone about it, have them tell you such on the qualcomm. all qualcomm messages are stored in california and can be sequestered by a lawyer. always make sure they tell you the "bad" stuff on the qualcomm because then you have a record of it, that is indisputable. (also feel free to take pictures of your qualcomm messages or you can do what hubby did one time. He was out of hours and was told on the qualcomm to keep driving over hours, many hours. he pulled into a weigh station lol, called his dispatcher and said are you sure you want me to drive over my hours? then handed the phone to the officer at the station and the officer listened in. Needless to say, that dispatcher got fired, and the company got a nice fine ooooooooooooo, i think that's why the dispatcher got the boot!!! whatcha think???

 

Wheres my boots !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

But since your husband was out of hours when he drove to the scale didn't they put him OOS at the scale ?