Do you run illegal on your logs?

You done ran off my new friend.

 

I have always had a hard time with straight brakes 8 or 10. I don't sleep as much as I use to, and sitting around Truck Stops tends to suck money out of my pocket. I have noticed everyone getting really tight on their logging requirements, and even doing the computer checks. This I don't like. Is it so bad to drive when I am able and to rest when I require it? I have always thought the log book should be tossed out. I do realize there are some people who would abuse the lack of log books. Try and force drivers to cover unrealistic miles per day, or drivers trying to earn twice as much by driving twice as much. Both of these would lead to more deadly accidents on the roads and a greater loss of life, equipment, and freight. So log books are here to stay, well at least until they figure out the computer can tell them everything you did and then they will just have the computer do our logs and tell us how to drive. Oops! The already have paperless logs, and automatic routing!!

 

My co. and other big Nat. Carriers will ALL be going paperless sometime in the future---hopefully, I'll be out of the industry by then (14 more months)!! They are driven to because of the massive $$$ litigation from driver accidents and the 'deep pockets' that big carriers have. I'm sure that they are aware that if they go to paperless, deliveries will suffer heavily!!! I know of a couple of Werner O/O's who had to give up their trucks because of the paperless logging and NOT making any $$$!!!

 

And even they are probably not logging legally 100% of the time. I'm sure those who "log legally" sometimes go over a little bit every now and then when there's no parking. And a lot of drivers consider logging the miles, logging legally.

Let me ask this question.

What driver here would shut down thirty minutes away from the receiver? Especially if it was a Friday and you were going to have to sit the whole weekend.

I'm not making an argument to log illegally, but just making a point that the system needs to be changed. Maybe they should put black boxes on the trucks that will automatically shut them down. We would have trucks littering the highways. Maybe that would solve it.

You better never go over the speed limit in your personal vehicle. If you wreck and kill someone you're going to be put behind bars with all those truckers.

http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=255942

 

http://www.todaystrucking.com/news.cfm?intDocID=17141&CFID=1942103&CFTOKEN=90728783

 

I'm going to give another example that many drivers run into that makes it impossible to log legally when it does happen. Then I'm going to shut up and get off this.

You have five hours of driving time left for the day and it is 6pm. Your company sends you to pick up a load and it takes an hour to get there. When you get to the shipper it is 7pm and it takes 4 hours to get loaded.

So when you finally get loaded, it's 11pm. Now you're out of hours. The shipper does not allow drivers to sleep on their lot so you drive out to the nearest truck stop but it is full. You drive to the next truck stop and it is full. You're now an hour over your legal limit. You finally just pull on to the shoulder of an on-ramp and if you're lucky you won't get woken up by the police or get a ticket.

Poor trip planning, bad driver. Throw him in jail.

 

Thanks for your understanding LogsRus and Mack E-6.