driving over 14hr limit...elog

We've been on elogs for over 2 years and what we are told to do when something like this happens is to put into remarks that you were looking for a safe haven to park. Also going over your 14 hour clock by 10 minutes is not a real big issue once in a while, doing it every day is a different story. And we are only talking 10 minutes, not 2 hours. My company has us sign a violation sheet and thats it.

 

Same here. We get scolded and told not to do it again.

DOT understands an occasional goof. Just don't make a habit of it.

Your company is just as guilty of falsification. By asking you to change to an invalid status.

But, guess who would have gotten blamed if you had been involved in an accident.

 

My first month or so out of training, I went over, with the companies permission. 5-6 days later I was going through a VA scale house, and was pulled in for an inspection. He saw it, wrote it in the inspection report, and got ten CSA points if I'm not mistaken. They multiply by 3, so I really got 30 of them. Now, you couldn't pay me to go over. I went over when I was bob-tailing, and 25ish miles from the house if I remember correctly. It was either go home, or take a ten that close to the house.

Every electronic log should have a line 5, off duty, driving for instances like this. I don't care if you have to get permission to use it, as long as it prevents future CSA points due to parking, or lack thereof.

 

Knight gives us a 10% grace. I think DOT gives all drivers that grace, provided you only use it for your type of situation and not just driving an extra hour every day.

 

My idea of a line 5 is for when the shipper delays the hell out of you and runs out your whole clock. Either that or give us a 16 hour clock.

 

Or just note it and do a 10 hour break like you are required. If everyone did it like they are supposed too instead of working for free maybe some real change would happen.

 

Why are you driving 14 hrs anyhow ?

my bad ,thats what i get when i just read the header .

 

He didn't drive 14 hrs..he was detained at the shipper. It all counts against the clock

 

Be sure to have a notation in the elog about the event...
Parked, had to move to safeharbour....would be a good description.
Did the elog yell at you...when a violatiin happens, they can get annoying ....if not, maybe you logged 8 hrs at the shipper/reciever in the sleeper while detained....so the elog is happy...