Cheating on logs

It all seems so crazy to me that you drivers have to fret making it to some place to rest before some buzzer or what ever happens starts dinging. When you could have just rolled on to another exit wide spot whatever to get to the next place.
I have to assume there are drivers close to tears when the time starts counting down knowing they will be punished by their own company or DOT.
I will be honest my paper logs where never up to the proper time line, and not because i was trying to drive for 24 hours, i just wanted a little leeway on where to stop. maybe i was being stupid but i figured what could the fine be or i figured they wouldnt have come down hard on me for this --i was never pulled in and checked.

 

Thats why their called "Steering Wheel Holders".

 

Very interesting thread.

Back when I was on paper, I was reminded by my manager that there was still a computer and a GPS tracking device onboard, so if I made an error on paper and it didn't match the electronics I would get whacked anyway. So now with e-logs at least everything is in sync.

Unless you have a very old truck that does not have any kind of electronics you are only fooling yourself by pretending that there is no way to verify what you write.

 

I can't speak for all E loggers, but for me. Beating the buzzer is just a fun game you can play with your pride. If you beat it. You are super trucker. If you don't you need to step up your game up. Most companies just want a brief explanation of why you went over. Most don't even give you a slap on the risk, but I guess if you are constantly going over. You will get in trouble. Guess it shows you may have issue's with trip planning. I even forgot to send my explanation, and all I heard today was bring your truck to the yard so you can get a new truck. So Guess I'll see if I can't put 818 plus miles on the new truck. Sad part is the new truck is an automatic and has a def tank. Trucking is getting so complicated. Glad my logs can do the thinking for me

 

That is true...where was your avatar taken? Looks about like my Pete right now snow covered

 

It's funny the guys and gals who try to hide things on a truck with elogs. The latest thing I'm hearing is that my Elogs quit working, turns out they just quit using them. The funniest part, to me anyways, is that it still tracks all of their movement and auto changes to driving when the drive and to on duty when they stop. I'm sure they'll say it's not accurate, but it's funny how it matches up with fueling and arriving at customers.

 

Lets be honest about one thing. We will all be on elogs. PATT CRASH And the others will make sure of that. The big companies will also make sure of that. It's not mandated ( as some say 50+ trucks) that's a trucker story. But we will all be on them in the couple of years. I didn't want them either. I fought against them. But then I saw a big plus to them. I know I can run. There are drivers who can't compete with me because they won't run that hard. In a way, the EOBR seperates the drivers from the steering wheel holders. You can see who manages their time and runs. And you see who falls flat on their face. That's a huge benefit to real drivers. Of course I would love more flexibility. But that's not in the cards on these yet. I have to do my job the best I can. It has yet to bite me because I plan the hell out of my day.