Cheating on logbook makes a trucker first target after a crash

That "journalist" is an idiot . She doesn't know what she talking about . Truckers know far more about the circumstances than she does . "The Trucker" is worth about what you pay for it - nothing .

 

Roger that !

 

you been out long enough to know there is an awful lot of lying being done on the logbook hope for your sake you dont get caught

 

This is another reason not to falsify your log book.




California Safety Director and Four Drivers Sentenced in False Log Book Scheme
On July 21, 2008 in the U.S. District Court, Fresno, California, five defendants were sentenced after pleading guilty for false statements and aiding and abetting relating to their false driver's log book scheme. Sukhwinder Singh, Tarsem Singh Pahal, Bhinder Singh Raju, Daljit Singh, and Jaspreet Singh were sentenced for keeping false driver's log books while employed as truck drivers for Nijjar Brothers Trucking, Inc. of Madera, California. Mr Sukhwinder Singh, the company's Safety Director, was sentenced to six-month's home detention and twenty-four-month's probation. The remaining defendants were sentenced to three-month's confinement, three-month's home detention, and twenty-four-month's probation. In addition, all defendants were ordered not to work in the trucking industry unless approved by the Probation Office.
During the OIG investigation, a driver for Nijjar Brothers Trucking, Inc caused a four-vehicle collision, killing a father and his 13-year-old son and seriously injuring six others. The driver, Baljinder Singh, had been driving for at least nineteen hours. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced for falsifying his logbook entries and served time in jail. As part of a sentencing agreement, the owners of the trucking company were required to inactivate their DOT numbers, dissolve the company, and each pay a fine of $50,000. The OIG investigation was conducted with assistance from the FMCSA and the California Highway Patrol.


http://www.oig.dot.gov/item.jsp?id=2335

 

There is no excuse for driving 19 hours, if that was actually the case and not DOT math. Ex, drive 7 hours, sleep 6, drive 6 = 19 hours.

We still need a serious reform to allow a full 11 hours driving in any 24 hour period with personal discretion as to the breakdown as it relates to business needs and hours.

 

Reform might help,but nothing logical can cover all the variables.
Failing to be proficient at "creative writing" will cost you
so if your "skills/knowledge" are deficient DONT DO IT !

Always leave yourself and out,"Duty Status Not Current"
is cheap and nothing more then a slap in the majority
of the lower 48.
Pre-Pass is a friend indeed

 

Ok yeah, but I still think it's simple.

DO NOT DRIVE MORE THAN 11 HOURS OR WORK MORE THAN 14 IN ANY 24 HOUR PERIOD.

Do I think it should be 16 of any combination? Yes, but I'm not asking for the world, just a little reality check from the powers that be.

 

That's just starting the day out for some drivers....Ask Mary Peters about that one.....I mean about the drivers who will drive the hours that American drivers won't drive....you know.....

Supposedly...."Change" has put an end to that logic from Peters.....
Oh yeah...keep the logs straight and your nose clean.....

 

I've read there is virtually no HOS enforcement or log auditing in Mexico . Drivers can get real creative just before reaching the border and have plenty of hours available .