ELD---Which One

Put your eld in dot mode and you can see what Dot sees when they look at your Logs.

 

Maybe you got lucky and he wasn't digging too deep. Who knows.

 

Are these elog apps approved by DOT? What if your phone got shut down for low battery or you are driving in a remote area with no phone service. I never used elogs so I'm just curious how this works and I'm looking forward to install one soon in my truck.

 

Have not had any issues even when phone died or no connection. Some how it syncs back up. Yes dot approved.
There are a ton of ELDs out and they all operate similarly.

 

How do you print them if officer pulls you over? Or can you email them?

 

You can email or print . the one I use it has a DOT button that instructs the officer how to view Logs. The best way is to have them printed out ahead of time. So far the DOT officers have had no problem .

 

What the officer sees is only the 7 days view. It's when you get an audit that those edits well be viewable to the dot officer that is auditing all your logs for the past year or three or seven. That's where it really gets interesting.

What the roadside inspection officer sees is completely different than what the dot/fmcsa log auditer gets to see. Just keep that in mind.

 

Did the record keeping requirement for the company get extended to more than the previous 6 months?

 

I use the "KeepTruckin" app on a tablet, NOT the hardwired version... yet. All of the logs are emailed to my office as a .pdf, and they are printed. These logs are filed along with fuel receipts, etc... These printed logs are shown exactly the same way when they are pulled out of my filing cabinet, OR, when I put the app in inspection mode for a DOT roadside inspection.

Aside from an auditor needing to see more than just the last 7 days, what is he seeing that is completely different from the roadside inspection?

 

I can go thru my Logs as a driver and Fleet manager and there are no edits that are viewable. I will log in tonight and dig through this program some more . Even in DOT mode they are not viewable.