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Can you get a ticket for not having a Bill of Lading or Shipping Documents?

 

Hello, My company ecently wrote its own CSA manual , we are a hazmat hauler, and in the manual it says we need to do ERI every 3 hrs. We are in Ohio and I always understood it to be every 2 hrs or 100 miles whichever comes first. Did that rule change or do I need to talk to my boss about revising this? Thanks, have a good day.

 

You have to go by Federal Rules.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrguide.aspx?section_type=H

Mark

 

You should not be leaving with any load without a BOL. I would not leave the shippers Premises.

Mark

 

Thanks but it wasn't the shipper's premises it is in a company yard ... they asked us to pick up a load that was dropped off by another driver. We're still here waiting on their decision... they asked us to make a dummy BOL is that legal?

 

You should carry blank BOL forms in your truck.

Filled out properly, it can be legal....

 

Thanks but we've asked over the Qualcomm various times to be given that information. No answer yet, since yesterday. On the load assignment this information was missing; Point of Origin, Date of Shipment (it had 1/31/12 on it), Designation of "Prepaid", "Collect" or "C.O.D." for freight charges & Number of pieces being shipped. Another thing that my company Driver's Manual states I need is a Signature of the shipper's agent and carrier's agent signature....

I've already asked to be given this information or an original Bill of Lading or be relieved from this load...

 

is there a proper way to fill out blank BOL's.

LOL

you can buy blank bol's from truckstops. so yes, they are prerfectly legal.

i've had a c ouple of loads that picked up in the middle of nowhere. and didn't come with bol's. they are basically used for billing purposes. nothing to do with d.o.t.

i don't think there's any rules that state specificially that you have to have a bol for a load.

somebody correct me if i'm wrong.

 

everything they are doing is WRONG.

we seriouisly need to start organizing a strike.

we need to fight everything from the employment verification ########.
the csa
and the hos rules.

canada did it in 90. it's time for america to do the same. our job is literally a JOKE to the govt.

 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=375.505