driver made mistake in log book! 3 times!!!

My God. Are those the only violations you have gotten? What is your safety record like? Are you a new carrier?

 

Wow, I wish I could help. I know in Fl you can contest fines after you pay them and general rule of thumb is that you get at least 50% back. That doesnt bode well with a $12k fine,.. ouch.

I know I got popped for the 30 min rule. I logged it,.. but I was ignorantly under the assumption that I only had to log it once per day,.. so I knocked it out after I fueled, which that particular time was 2 hours into my 11. Well, I failed to log a second break after 8 hours. I was PO'd when he wrote me up for that, as I would have had a perfect inspection otherwise. Learned my lesson.

My only question is that after 4 times,.. man that has got to hurt both of your csa scores. I know my carrier was as frustrated with me as I was when we saw how many points it came with. A DUI was less points.

Hopefully someone here can come up with a solution for you.

Hurst

 

If that's the fine from a compliance review you can get reduced quite a bit.

 

4000 for not logging a 30 min. break? OMG. I had no idea it was that much! Riduculous!

 

How long before they start selling insurance for simple logbook violations? .....

 

I hope the OP comes up with more information about the overall picture..........I am NOT buying that a first-time offense carries that hefty of a fine ... she says "over 4k each".......somthin in the milk isn't white.....

 

The Government loves it when people get overwhelmed by high fines and they usually get away with it. $4000 for a logbook fine is a gross violation of the 8th amendment. Take it to court. [TABLE="class: wikitable"]
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[TD]8th[/TD]
[TD]Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment.[/TD]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution

 

Download and check what the fines are for compliance reviews.

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/enforcement/uniform-fine-assessment-public-software

 

I'd like to know what the driver got fined.