Nearness to city and logging it

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  1. Jan 29, 2007 #1
    stylicho

    stylicho Light Load Member

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    How close do you have to be to a city or town before you log it? Im not referring to a generalization here. Im just wondering what you guys do. For example, say you arrived at a truck stop about 20 miles away from your shipper. And theres a different city or town within 10 miles. And you only have 7 hours of break time before you have to be there. Do you people log that you were already in that city with the shipper?
     
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  3. Jan 29, 2007 #2
    mikroos5

    mikroos5 Medium Load Member

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    I can not tell a lie.............But of course
     
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  4. Jan 30, 2007 #3
    LogsRus

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    First ? did you get fuel at the truck stop?
     
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  5. Jan 30, 2007 #4
    Bullwinkle

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    I always logged that I was at the shipper/receiver. If I got fuel at that truck stop, I would show that as well, but I showed myself continuing to the truck stop.

    Is it the right thing to do? by the law, no. However, it made it alot easier to have a productive day the next day.
     
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  7. Jan 30, 2007 #5
    luvmyhubby

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    OR get in awhole bunch of trouble should you have an accident, illegal logging will catch up to you eventually.:flower:
     
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  8. Jan 30, 2007 #6
    heyns57

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    It never caught up to me. Of course, all my activities could be fit into one log book. The real violators have to take a week off for their two or three log books to fit into one book.
     
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  9. Jan 31, 2007 #7
    stylicho

    stylicho Light Load Member

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    Im just curious, what does this matter? I work for JB so there is rarely any need to violate the log book :smt083. And Ive never had more than one log book. I wouldnt even know why you would need two or three lol.
     
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  10. Jan 31, 2007 #8
    25(2)+2

    25(2)+2 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    I have a feeling, if anything happens even to someone that has followed all of the rules to the letter and punctuation mark of the law, they are still going to be in a world of trouble.

    By anything, I mean something serious where someone is hurt badly or killed. The driver of that commercial vehicle is going to have a rough time of it. Following the rules may keep you out of jail, but you may go bankrupt trying to pay your lawyer. You should belong to a legal plan no matter how good a driver you are.

    What I do in those situations is drive to the receiver, if they allow parking, if not, I try to find a place nearby that does. If its a regular load to a regular receiver, dispatch will usually, (not always) know where you can park. The receiver may also know where you can park and let you know. If there are no idle laws in that area, try to be aware of them and follow them.
     
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  11. Jan 31, 2007 #9
    panhandlepat

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    WE WILL ALWAYS BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD.
     
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  12. Jan 31, 2007 #10
    25(2)+2

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    Ain't that the truth?
     
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