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do DOT inspections count against your elog time?

Discussion in 'Car Hauler and Auto Carrier Trucking Forum' started by Atlanticus trucking, Dec 26, 2019.

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  1. Dec 26, 2019 #1
    Atlanticus trucking

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    How are DOT inspections handled in terms of ELOG time? do we get any of that time back?
     
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  3. Dec 26, 2019 #2
    dptrucker

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    on duty.
    I was pulled in at a scale in Wyoming and officer inside said thanx for being on duty. he said surprised how many go offduty.
    He didn't say if he ticket them or not.
    cool dude. We chatted a bit while he was checking my paperwork and logs
     
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  4. Dec 26, 2019 #3
    Roberts450

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    On duty with the note of dot inspection and no we dont get that time back.
     
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  5. Dec 26, 2019 #4
    ZVar

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    Same as paper. It's on duty time. HOS didn't change....

    On-duty time means all time from the time a driver begins to work or is required to be in readiness to work until the time the driver is relieved from work and all responsibility for performing work. On-duty time shall include:
    (2) All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any commercial motor vehicle at any time;
     
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  7. Dec 26, 2019 #5
    Atlanticus trucking

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    Thanks all!

    My driver just got a warning for not being able to speak english well enough.... nice
     
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  8. Dec 26, 2019 #6
    REO6205

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    If he doesn't speak English well enough to be understood by a DOT cop, why did you hire him in the first place?
     
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  9. Dec 26, 2019 #7
    Atlanticus trucking

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    He does speak well enough. I don’t speak Spanish but I talk to my driver every day in only English. The cop was talking really quickly and wasn’t being patient.

    If I remember correctly the CDL test has to be done in English which he passed as well.
     
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  10. Dec 26, 2019 #8
    skellr

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    Yeah, they need to understand english well enough to under stand what a "civil servant/LEO" is asking them. For emergency situations.
     
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    kemosabi49

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    He has to be able to competently converse with any LEOs.
    I don't how they do it anymore, but years ago when they did a level 1, you stayed behind the wheel. And, as such, you were supposed log it on duty, driving.
     
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  12. Dec 26, 2019 #10
    skellr

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    On-duty. Nope, can't get it back.

    How hard to you push drivers that they can't afford the time for an inspection?

    Haste makes waste.
     
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