previous days logs.......huh?

old logbooksmeaning greater then 7 days old

 

Wow well this should be interesting. And I'll be sure to carry Vaseline if I have to go to Michigan!

 

Why would you have log books, other than the month you are in, in your truck. (Or previous 7 days of the last month if you're in the first week of the month)

 

Cracked windshield and missing step on the passenger side. I now have a pretty good idea of the shape of this bozos operation.

Know the law or get violated by it.

 

The word is to keep them 6 months in case of an audit. But you don't have to carry them with you. All you need is the last 7 days plus the day you are on now. A state trooper doesn't have the authority to ask for anything after that and if he does you are not required to provide it. The cop was in the wrong and so was the driver for giving him anything past what he was legally required to give him.

 

This is funny, This artical came up a week ago else ware in the forum about how MI is screwing this guy. I kinda thought well, i didint seehis log book, we cant automaticaly side with the driver....everyone thought i was a trader tot he driving community lol. But that was my first thought. You have a guy that doesn't maintain his equipment. He probably doesn't maintain his log book they way he should.

 

A missing step is not a violation as much as there is no violation for not having a passenger seat.

 

Thread on this a couple of days ago.


http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...5744-trucker-suing-michigan-over-34-hour.html

 

You really have no idea of how he maintains his equipment other than what the article says but like a lot of the things you post you make statements about things you know nothing of. I have a crack in the lower right corner of my windshield but it doesn't interfere with operating the truck & wasn't a problem in my last inspection so I haven't worried about it.
I'm sure your 2 years experience though give you the right to pass judgment on him.