How much is a ticket for incomplete/missing logs??? Please read!

I actually agree with roadmedic on this one.it is MY experience that being behind on logs is not the issue,it is the change of duty status that would get me ticketed/warned.I have had logs that have not been touched since i started them early in the morning,always w/pti,and hours later,12 hours,and just told to have a good day. i realize it is the officer for the most part and the times i was placed OOS or ticketed,i had not flagged my last change of duty.

 

Behind 12 hours at the Mt Shasta, CA scale, told to catch it up and let go. No ticket.
Behind 8 hours at the Redding, CA scale, told to catch it up and just go. No ticket.
Behind 8 hours at the Banning, CA scale, told to catch it up and got a warning.
St Croix, MN scale, page wasn't signed at the beginning of the day he said it MUST be. Whatever. Warning issued.

And that's it folks, in 27 years. Sure doesn't mean I was legal all those years either.

These were back in the good old days when trucking was still a decent occupation and The DoT Man wasn't as big of a ####.

 

IIRC in ontario it's a 390 dollar fine for improper log books. Usually if you show your pti for the day and current to your last duty change they wouldn't harass you. They used to nail guys that never showed the border crossing as a duty change.

 

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Well, the darn thing was there last time I checked my mirrors. Dunno where it went.

 

Recap is for your use, and not required.

 

from my personal experience and what i have been told recently by drivers I know,you are looking at $250 minimum. could be more,may be less.It will be a valuable lesson regardless.make sure he turns the in part to his employer,within the 15 days, that he is required to as well as paying his part with the required time frame.My tickets were always less when i paid them <in less time than the ticket requested. make sense?