Crossing midnight

Pack where is everyone one....

 

The rules are you do one pre-trip before you drive. This is so basic I'm not going to post the regulation. I guess a carrier could require this, but honestly it seems a bit silly to me. Also you want to stay off line 4 as much as possible. Every minute you log on line 4 is time against your 60/70 hour clock. This is where your money is.

 

The safety and compliance department where I work .

They also told me that you don't have to show any time for the pre trip just flag it.

They want you to show a post trip that goes to on duty not driving for a minimum of 15/minutes.

 

They've been hanging out at another site. That's all I'm at liberty to say.

 

Your kidding me right.... WTH...

 

Company safety and compliance people are even more ignorant. I have had battles with my company safety people who insist we need to take a 34 hour reset every 8 days and disapprove of using recap hours though I've brought in several loads that would have been late had I done a reset on the road rather than a recap.

Though I haven't been pestered in over a year about it, lol.

 

No I always did it the way you guys are saying but was told that it was wrong.

Never had a ticket for doing it the way you guys are saying and had lots of inspections.

 

You need to read the logging section in the little green book. Most safety and compliance personnel don't know as much as they would like you to think they do.
It's rare when they actually know what there talking about.

 

Really?, then why did you respond with
" do it your way and find out the hard way"

 

Some old logbooks started Noon/Midnight/Noon. Do you think drivers crossing noon would start a new pretrip? lol.

I run through midnite all the time. No big deal just keep driving til you stop. When you do stop then it is time to close out 'yesterday's' log and start the new log. But the 14 hour clock doesn't care that it is a new day, so just like if your 14 began and ended within the same 24 hour clock, no difference if your 14 began today and ended tomorrow, no need to show another 15 minute pretrip.
Now, what do I do? usually try to get fuel at that first stop after midnight to show 15 minutes On Duty so that some DOT character looking at the logs will be less likely to worry about it.