The problem with that, Cerberus, is the pre-pass. So, I could log it that way, and probably be fine so long as the DOT doesn't audit for that particular day, correct?
Gosh I feel like a silly newbie![]()
Blew Over My 14 Hours Pretty Bad. Now What?
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by RiggerModus, Mar 29, 2007.
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Well, I personally would rewrite logs , as long as no time stamps on BOL, and you fueled when still legal.
I wouldn't worry about the company.... I would worry about the funny looking little man in funny looking little Black and sliver car, that likes to write.
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Perhaps people forget the case recently, where an O/O drove an extra two hours, got home and logged it as "LEGAL" where he took his break out on the road before he drove home. Sad part is, about 3am while his truck and trailer was setting fully on his property, a drunk driver left the road and drove under his trailer, killing both occupants. The Log-Book falsification was discovered, and now the driver and his family are homeless, having had to sell their house to pay the lawyer fees because the families of the two car occupants are sueing; claiming that if the driver had NOT falsified his logs and had actually stopped where his log book said he stopped, the two drunks would be alive. The Company the O/O was leased to fed him to the sharks.
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One of the selling points of Pre-pass was that it wasn't to be used by enforcement, the states that don't use it but read it are the ones that have used it to catch drivers that are over their hours, or falsifying their logbooks. Oregon is the state that comes to mind. Kentucky may be another, though I haven't heard those horror stories, yet.
Given that you haven't been driving that long, I would log it like you ran it, and not worry too much about it, it was said that if you were fired, it probably wouldn't cost you the next job because most companies value honesty in their employees, and it is not a moving violation or an accident.
Learn from your mistakes, and try not to repeat them.
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Falsification can really put a driver in a bind. I've already stopped and did my break legal like, even when I was close to home. The few extra hours at home with the wife aren't going to be worth the BS that this driver is facing.
I understand that when you have been out 2, 3 or more weeks that you wanna see the family pretty bad. But I'm sure this particular driver would agree with me, the couple extra hrs was not worth it. -
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No, unfortunately Roadkill is right. That actually happened, in Georgia I believe. That guy will be lucky to ever drive a truck again.
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Is there a story on the net regarding this Mack or Roadkill? I would love to have this to help show drivers @ my work to show them how they can get ummm in trouble (I so wanted to say something else) for someone else's stupidity. Well their stupidity for logging illegal, but still I would have never guessed this could be held against a driver in his own home. But if the driver was legal he could not have been there at that time for the car to hit it.
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Well, it was TurboTrucker who told me about it. I guess you could find it though if you did a little hunting.
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