In training and unwilling to falsify logs to help my trainer make $. What to do?

I guess I'm confused about why anyone would feel like they need to falsify their logs when two log books are available? 140 hours aren't enough? How many hours do you need?

 

Exactly ,,or come up 15 min short of being able to make appt and wonders where could I have gotten an extra 15 minutes today.

 

While I was in training at a mega I had the following thought process. I'm making the same money no matter what so why would I break rules, and risk getting a ticket. I ran hard, my trainer made good money. Go on duty not driving as soon as you can and off duty if you're going to be sitting. Does anyone really log a post trip?

 

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5:09 PM

Didn't take long for you to start sliding down that slope. Welcome to trucking.

 

Re: post trip inspection

My company required a end of day inspection. Even if driving thru the midnight hour,stop as soon as possible and send a macro. It was considered the same as signing my name in a log book. Failure to comply meant trouble with LOGS dept. 3rd omission usually involved pulled into the nearest terminal for extended log and QualCom training and testing as well as a meeting with safety that involved other issues like truck generated sudden braking report. While they are at it might have you piss in cup. All this time you ain't Rollin..( -$$)
Get it ?

 

All posting to TTR forum must be logged as on duty not driving

 

My post-trips are more detailed than my pre-trips. If any problems exist, I'd rather deal with them when I have time to sit and the ability to get cleaned up again, rather than when I'm needing to roll out and crunched for time. Once I'm satisfied that the truck is good to go the next day, I get a shower and a good night's sleep. Pre-trip checks fluids before I fire it up, then walk around checking lights & tires again before rolling out.

In other words, my pre-trip might take 5 minutes...but my post-trips are anywhere between 15 minutes if everything looks good to a few hours if I need to turn a wrench...which is another benefit to logging post-trips and flagging pre-trips. You can legally exceed the 14th hour by as much as you want to ON LINE 4, as long as you get a 10 hour break before you go to line 3. It only violates the HOS if you DRIVE in excess of the limits, NOT if you WORK beyond them.

 

I'm calling the law on you