log book citation/warning

If you are within 150 air miles of your base you don't have to have a logbook with you. They call it RODs or something you can look it up online at the ray lahood site. It still counts points on the worthless csa 2010.
They didn't do your friend no favor by not giving him a ticket! they just made it near impossible to get it removed. Lazy worthless police use that trick to keep you from exercising your rights. All they want is to apppear to be doing something useful.

 

I think you will find it is one or the other.
You can't run a log on some days but not others.
If he was off duty for 7 days one page, one line would have covered him. Shame to suffer this for a 5 minute thing.
Not 100% sure on this, I'm sure someone here is and will respond with the proper regs to back it up.

 

He may also see a ticket in the mail soon.

 

I drove local for a few years and the company had a fed inspection, inspector told us it is either time card or log book. Your buddy would have been better off telling them he had no log book and ran local only, they would never check on it and if he is in air miles for the legal exemption no one would have cared. As long as he had a pretrip inspection book and completed such, they could have wrote him up for no pretrip if he did not have it logged.

No exceptions

 

Generally that is true, but for instance when a local (100amr) driver has to go outside of the radius he would then have to log. He could go back to being a local (100amr) driver the next day.

Would you gve a reg cite for that?

Best regards

 

Sure can

§ 396.11
Driver vehicle inspection report(s).
(a) Report required— (1) Motor Carriers. Every motor carrier shall require its drivers to report, and every driver shall prepare a report in writing at the completion of each day's work on each vehicle operated, except for intermodal equipment tendered by an intermodal equipment provider. The report shall cover at least the following parts and accessories:
—Service brakes including trailer brake connections
—Parking brake
—Steering mechanism
—Lighting devices and reflectors
—Tires
—Horn
—Windshield wipers
—Rear vision mirrors
—Coupling devices
—Wheels and rims
—Emergency equipment


Not a legal expert but just what was told.

 

YES Of course it goes on your safety rating, but here is the little trick the DOT cops are pulling these days.

They call it a warning. And you can NOT fight it in court.

See how they do that? All nice and tidy. It counts just the same on your safety report, but they dont have the hassle of showing up for court.

 

Oh, I thought you were saying(As long as he had a pretrip inspection book and completed such, they could have wrote him up for no pretrip if he did not have it logged.) he had to have a pretrip inspection book and had done a pretrip rather than having in his possession the previous daily/after trip/DVIR.

Best regards