18 months with the same company, and they just gave me an excessive line 2 warning.

Iamoverit · May 4, 2025

Personally, I'd log off duty at home or on a reset and sleeper for the 10 on the road. I'd also go to whoever is in charge of your safety department and get some clarification to be 100 percent sure how they want it done since they seem to either be changing their protocol or have a new guy who isn't quite on board yet.

db2681 · May 13, 2025

DavidInPuyallup said: ↑

When it comes to the ELD I've been doing my logs the same way since I've had my CDL the last 2+ yrs.

At this company when I'm on the road and stop for a 10, its 10 hours on sleeper. If I do a split, obviously that's a different situation.
Typically I'm home for a 34 (but usually get more), and when I park bobtail in my driveway I switch to off duty. The thing is, I know there have been PLENTY of times when I've just hit sleeper instead. Obviously that's incorrect, but I've never been called out on it.

So here's what happened:

I was sent to a terminal because my assigned truck needing something done. Upon arrival I went on sleeper berth. When it was time for mechanic to look at truck, I disconnected the Tablet/ELD so he wouldn't change my status.
I slept in the truck both nights, and was in it nearly the entire 34. My status was sleeper berth.

Today I get a warning from safety about "excessive line 2" (must be referencing the paper logs days) and they said I can't be on sleeper more than 24hrs. They stated every time I exit the truck for a bathroom, shower, go outside to speak with another driver, every time I'm "off the truck" regardless of how long it means put it off duty. They also said that applies to 10s too. So if I'm at a truck stop/rest area and exit to relieve myself, I have to switch to off duty for 5 minutes then back to sleeper.
This just seems absolutely silly. Does anyone actually do this?
I also find it amusing after 18 months my 10s have never been questioned, other 34s haven't been questioned, but this 34 on sleeper at the terminal sent up a red flag. Ha

Safety claims this is a DOT violation. I found a thread about paper logs here from 2016. Now in 2025 does commercial enforcement even care?
Do you have a 34hr sleeper log filled with off duty-sleeper-off duty-sleeper over and over again?
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Just simply log it like you do it. DOT or a DOT inspector may not care, Lawyers always care.

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