34 hour reset logging question.

Yes, just log all the way out until you’re ready to start again. You’ll be good. I will say when doing a 34 reset make sure you find somewhere with good food options. Lol.

 

No one logs truely accurate all the time, If I'm going to sleep I would might log sleeper, but more than likely If I'm off duty for the full 10 hours I will just log off duty 10 hours, in over 30 years never had a problem with that.

 

It is actually a felony to falsify the logbook.



MYTH 3: A driver must record at least 15 minutes on his log for a pre-trip inspection.

This is a whopper of a tale told by truck stop lawyers. 49 C.F.R. Sec. 395.8 requires all time recorded on a log to be accurate. If you log five minutes for an inspection that actually took 15 minutes to perform, then you are guilty of log falsification, which is a felony.......



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MYTH 3: A driver must record at least 15 minutes on his log for a pre-trip inspection.

This is a whopper of a tale told by truck stop lawyers. 49 C.F.R. Sec. 395.8 requires all time recorded on a log to be accurate. If you log five minutes for an inspection that actually took 15 minutes to perform, then you are guilty of log falsification, which is a felony.

 

Show me where it's a felony? Oh you cant because it isn't one.

It's illegal, but it's not a felony.

 

I think it can be used as a predicate to create a felony.

I.E. ZVar rear ends a ve-hikle - not a felony. However the ensuing investigation shows that ZVar was a naughty driver and had [gasp] FALSIFIED [gasp] his log, thus elevating his fender bender.

I'm not sure on the particulars, but you get the gist of where I'm heading. It takes an action from negligence to recklessness. I doubt it takes it to "knowingly" levels, unless it's a fatigue issue.

I think it would play into the initial charges/indictment and would certainly impact the penalty phase of any trial.

 

You have moved the goal post

 

No, I have not.

Scotty posited that log falsification is a felony.

Zvar said, "yeah, no".

I said a log falsification can be used as a predicate and/or to modify mens rea.

What happened was a discussion between two or more rational individuals. There was no semantic monkey business, no false equivalency, etc. I had not set out to prove a point and then changed what I was attempting to demonstrate midstream.

 

Click the link to the Overdrive article written by @truckersjustice a lawyer who stated log falsification is a felony.

P.S. I see my post didn't have the link for some reason, I will try to post it here. He stated it under Myth #3

Trucking Law: Busting myths about inspection regulations

 

I read it, nothing about logging being a felony. Want to try again?
Also, I asked to show where it's a felony, not some opinion piece on inspections..