How is this situation logged?

This is legal and I use to do it whe I casuled for other trucking companies. You fill out previous 7 day work hours then log the rest. Just like a brand new employee. You must have a new employee fill out the form. I still do this with my business as a full time Police Officer I can only work 20 hours in my truck (perfect world) if I run local I use time sheet if I go out of 100 air mile I run a log. If I was unable to drive my truck due to going to court day time training etc. when I go back to driving I fill out previous 7 day work record then use time sheet or log witch ever is required. When I got my authority Dot had zero problem wit this.She advised this the best practice for my company. As long as time is accounted for they are happy.

 

I now use the big road log book app on my phone and I use the local feature and have the app keep track of all my hours for me so it does not get confusing and I screw up and get fined.

 

This is how it is suppose to be done.

 

If he is going to drive a commercial vehicle he is suppose to have a log showing his previous working hours for the past seven days. He is getting by logging off-duty for those past seven days because he is not punching a clock or logging into something to show his time worked. Yes, he probably is fine doing this as long as he keeps going along fine and doesn't ever have a serious accident where everything is scrutinized.

The thing is, this is not a perfect world and he could hit and kill someone out on the road for any number of reasons fatigued, not paying atterntion, etc, well if it gets investigated deep enough and it turns out somehow through the investigation he has lied on his logs then I am sure he will get reamed. I'm sure others will chime in as well that may explain it more or better.

 

I think something that makes a major difference hear is the he is the owner of the company. Not just an employee. My money says he gets a flat salary every pay period. If he drives, is in the office, or any where else doing what ever he wants he gets the same pay check every pay period. My money also says since he is the company owner not just O/OP with one or two trucks what he is doing it properly as is. As I said previously, since he signs your check and told you that is how he is going to do it I would just say yes sir thank you very much have a Blessed Day.

 

I see what everyone is saying and yes to be perfectly correct he should log the past 7 days office time as on duty not driving. However, most who own trucks will tell you that if they logged every hour they spent doing trucking related task as on "duty not driving" then they would constantly be out of hours. I have 2 offices, my truck and my home office. Do you really think that I log my time spent in my home office as on duty not driving?

 

Maybe so, but the Government is right 100% of the time. ( in their own eyes )