Changes to QC logging parameters

the regs also say if you are 'drive line' more than 3 hours past your 14 expiration that is called an Egregious Violation. So that's fine, that's whatthey are going to get and the big companies on Elogs will push back to have it changed to something more workable after so many tens of millions in fines have been paid. How many times have you been backed up to a dock 7 hours past your 14, 3 more hours to go for complete 10 and dockdude says you're loaded move off now. Technically have to start a brand new 10 hour break but the violation is still there and still can be written up by the man. Meanwhile the reefer has been running for 7 hours plus the new 10 hours, will be low on fuel by the time you are legal to leave?

 

this will backfire...

 

Crete is screwed.......

I lost count of how many times I was told to park overnight at a customer and back into a dock during my 10 hour break when they're ready for me.

 

it's their way of making the solo driver go extinct. This is what companies want too-- solo driver sit around too much.

 

On who?

 

Who do you think?

 

What I think doesn't matter. Since DOT is the one that mandated the change, I wouldnt consider a negative affect to the carriers as being a backfire. I don't see how it can backfire on DOT, Hence, the reason for my question.

 

I'm talking about when moving around a place say like Wal-Mart DC or something...

 

It's all a part of the corporation trying to minimize liability while maximizing profits.

If every time the truck moves it logs you as driving in the event of an accident the company has an electronic record to flaunt as following the rules. As it is now a driver who knows how to maximize his or her time can actually gain drive hours such as in traffic or customer yards where a litigation attorney would point out that the elogs only record after a certain distance not every actual time a truck is moved therefore he or she would argue sometime during that day a driver drove while it wasn't recorded but had it been recorded said driver would not have had the time to be in the spot of the accident without violating the hours of service.

The company will argue we do everything possible to keep our drivers legal by recording everything he or she does and if an accident does occur they will have a record to shift blame as well as financial responsibility to the driver.

Corporations care about 2 things.

Liability Exposure and how that affects Profits.

 

On DOT part it's all about violations which equate to fines.

It's just another way to punish a driver and or company.

It has absolutely zero to do with safety it's all about the Benjamins.