Distracted driving - writing down mileage

I haven't written down milage since the ELD was put in.

why write it down?? who says?

 

I just make sure that traffic is light then grab my dry erase pen and jot it down on my wing window

 

Now hold on just a second! I thought that stuff was safe and had no long term lasting effects?

Please note, I'm not attacking you personally, and I really don't care about your past history. But, with the big push in some areas for recreational use, there seems to be a whole business advocating that it's totally safe. I'm confused.

 

To the question at hand, I just try and remember it and write it on a notepad once traffic is light, or I'm stopped. Not a big deal, people have been doing this for years.

I know a fellow that used to fill out his logbook while driving up to a scale house. He doesn't drive anymore, he retired a few years ago

 

Thanks for clarity, My eld does that already. So I’m good

 

Was that before or after he drank his 6 pack?

 

Jotting a sequence of numbers is hardly a major distraction.

Before falling back asleep until the next state line...

 

And really, all you need to jot down is the last 2 or 3 digits. Not much else is going to change on the odometer between that state line and your next stop.

 

what i have been doing for decades is....i carry a small pocket tape (or digital) recorder.

hit the "record button", then speak into it..

done deal.

i still do this, to this day, even though i have a dedicated route, and my mileage is the same, every stinking night....

EXCEPT when there is an accident or road work, and i have to detour out of the route.

this is also helpful, in the rare case that a dumb driver, car, truck, whatever, does something, and i have to drop a dime......i'll have all the information on tape.

 

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Please note, I'm not attacking you personally, and I really don't care about your past history. But, with the big push in some areas for recreational use, there seems to be a whole business advocating that it's totally safe. I'm confused.[/QUOTE]
In countries where this #### widely available 1000 years consuming is big no-no with one exemption for very old people.[/QUOTE]