Crossing midnight

You only need to start a new page for the next day when you stop and change duty status from driving to Off Duty, Sleeper Berth, or On Duty.

You don't do another pretrip. Actually the check list is for your post trip, not the pretrip. I fill that out on the post trip.

 

Just as a example if you start at 9 pm at night you do your pre trip and start rolling after you pass midnight you would be required to do another pre trip.

 

We're do you guys come up with this noncense

 

Do it your way and find out the hard way.

 

Have been a night driver for over 20yrs I have never done a second pre trip just because I drove past midnight.

 

So your saying that after Midnite you have to stop and do another Pre Trip??? WOW after 44 yrs without a violation of anything I guess I better go back to school and learn..Oh and I better teach those dang scale house DOT cops how to correctly do my log... LOL...

 

. Yes it was news to me also. But that is what I was told .

 

Pennsylvania State trooper once told me I had to fill out an inspection form even on days the truck didn't move. The powers that be don't always know what the #### they are talking about.


You are NOT required to stop and fill out another inspection report. That report is to be filled out for each "trip". Not every 24 hour period.

Whatever DOT officer told you otherwise is a moron.

 

I just got a Full Dot done and crossed over from one day to the next and Not a word was said by the DOT officer about any Pre Trip. I do believe you have been fed some wrong Information.