DOT Inspections

Do you understand the Hours of Service and just have a problem with form and manner, or are you having problems with all of it?

 

If you have to run a log book then you should understand the HOS rules. Seems like you should be on ELD and that would solve the simple mistakes. Nobody runs paper log books unless they have 1999 engine or older. Unless you have some other special exemptions

 

Fill out each day and duty status for the correct time segment used.

I think what you're Q is on this occasion.. from what you said about not filling out a log for your home time.. would be.....
Each day that you're OFF DUTY at home not working you make a page with 24 hrs lined all the way through line 1.
It's perfectly legal to make one page for consecutive 24hr periods.
If you're OFF for 3 full days you can make one page to cover all 3.

That is optional, but you must still mark the dates and time totals correctly. Annotate everything.

 

You should have one of these!! "Being told" is not a good way to go about being legal.

 

Do you stay inside of a 150 air-mile (172.6 statute miles) radius? (Non-CDL @ only 17K)

Do you start & end each day at the same location?

Do you complete your driving each day within 14 hours (16 hours allowed twice per week)?

Does your company keep a record of the hours that you work?

If the answer to ALL of the above is "yes", then you are not required to log. You fall under the short-haul exemption found in §395.1(e)(2)

If the answer to ANY of those is "no", then read, study, and learn §395.8 forward and back because that is what is required. §395.20 through §395.38 covers ELD's. Even if you are required to use an ELD, you'll still need to have a week's worth of paper logs with you (and know how to fill them out) "just in case" there is a malfunction with the ELD.