Cheating on logs

Usually a truck stop, or rest area is the best before any scale if you know you're going to be running "short" on hours to get by. Some guys risk it, but it's not worth it.

Most of my inspections were with the guy coming out of the scale house as either I'm approaching the scale, or on the scale, asking for my log book, then he tells you to pull into park, or the bay, depending which inspection he wishes to perform.

 

and we all agree that is what reasonable sane people do
what are you gonna do with the driver that didn't get over to the left lane and killed a trooper this morning in ny
government will make another law

 

Well when I was a company driver I rather run as much as I can, instead of sitting there at a truckstop not tired, bored out of my mind making fun of swift drivers trying to learn how to back into their spot, or argue about race or religion like most guys do. I want to go try a meal at a TA and all I remember seeing was a bunch of lazy ####### sitting there ######## about regulations,companies, and other crap. I don't have time for that. If I'm on the road I want to make money. If I do feel sleepy, hell even days where I just wanted to read a book, I wouldn't drive. Clean record, no out of services ever. Only thing I ever got was a licence plate light was flickering, and forgot to put my half an hour down when the new regulation kicked in.

Every year when they have that july inspection I LOVE TO RUN since I get a couple of hundred for passing.

 

That's the problem brother.. Sucks big time that LEO got killed, sucks when ANYONE gets killed but, it happens. The law makers think they can stop that very thing from happening again.....lmbo NOT!

 

elogs or paper you cant fix people doing stupid stuff no doubt
but there is certainly better equipment and less crazy drivers then in 1978

when I didn't dare crawl in the bunk in case I slept too long

 

Please don't put words in my mouth or assume. When I said I would fix log book to pass a scale. It wouldn't be on the shoulder or near the scale house. When you run outlaw and run the same regions. You know which scale house will jack with you. For my company most of the Colorado scales would pull you in and check your paper work. So either I went around them. Or made sure my book was good enough to get through the inspection.

My company was out of Texas so before I got into Texas. I would make sure my logs looked decent enough just incase a black and white DPS pick up truck was looking for an easy victin on a random road side inspection.

Kansas the scale on 70 east of Kansas city always pulled me around back or would make us pull up to check and see if we had a license plate on our trailer. I believe the scale in Kansas on 29 going south always gave me problems as well. Even the one south of Kansas City on 35 when it was open. So I always knew where to stop and rip out, tear up and make up some new travel adventures. Complete with the lie just in case they asked questions.

No I don't take home as much as I use too. Yes watching the clock waiting to roll can fatigue you. But I'm less stressed. No more spending hours falsifying a log book, and no stress when the dot auditor comes. To this day I don't know how I didn't get caught by them. My name was always on the board for top driver. It wouldn't take but a few seconds to see that none of my fuel stops matched up. Neither did my trips. Hopefully those days are history. To those who want to play those games. Go right ahead. You are a better woman or man that I. It actually takes more work to follow the rules and be successful. Then bend the rules and be successful.

As I always say. No matter what they throw at me. I have 5 words for them. A SUPER TRUCKER WILL SURVIVE. Yeeeee hawwww

 

Sure doesnt sound like you have anything to lose...I would go ahead and keep rolling the dice.

 

I agree the law is designed to keep u fatigued and stuck making a little money and thats it. When I used to run paper I usually ran in the gray area. But I was far less fatigued cause I could drive the same amount but take more breaks. That's y I hate this dam e-log

 

Yeah this 14 hour click is horrible. I remember the old days if u stopped for 3 hours it didn't count against you. If stop for 2 or 3 hours take a nap then continue on through dc after rush hour.

 

Thats what the gray area is for but only on paper