How do the stay in business?!?

The larger the carrier, the less chance of the carrier and the driver working together to manipulate the log(e-log or paper). Single O/O or small carrier willing to take the chance involving the drivers can do it.

Just finished an audit(#5 in 16 years and passed again)and was discussing e-logs with her afterwards. She's audited a few(single O/O)who's e-log times and location didn't match shipper/receiver time sheets. Not a systems fault but by manipulation.

All the way through she was pushing e-logs on us because of some critical violations. We contested some of them and they were overturned(her mistake on different city names) But all the way through she was indicating the elimination of fines if we changed.

And when the time comes(and it will)we will switch. But not to appease someone in the meantime.

 

Funny thing is, the studies reveal that most drivers have accidents within the first hour of driving, not the last hour....

They're having accidents at the time when they should be most awake.

The data observers looked at it and assumed the reason for this was a lack of good sleep and mandated the ten hour rule, with the required 8 in the sleeper, and also figured that maybe sleep apnea was a culprit....

Never figuring that maybe the time of day and the corresponding volume of traffic at that time could have been the major contributing factor.

Now I don't have any scientific studies to back up my theory about time of day and traffic densities, but I do have a lot of personal experience and I can tell you that from experience, rush hour is the absolute worst time to be on the road driving....and that if you have flexibility in your schedule you can avoid this time period.

If you don't have flexibility you will be smack in the middle of it. (pun intended)

 

As recently as last year blank medical cards could be purchased in truck stops.

 

It shouldn't have but that surprised me. I was like WTH? But my question is, if they were purchased that way, they didn't get filed with the state so wouldn't that be an easy flag?

 

Every major change since the CDL has been done in the name of safety and we have always been told the change would weed out bad apples. LOL

 

When was the last time you saw a DOT inspector jump on his computer and check the national medical database for your medical validation?

Nope, he looked at the green card. Studied the dates and looked at the doctor's signature.... you're supposed to keep the long form medical certification on your person, and if asked to, provide it. That should be good enough, but sure, you could forge these documents and pass cursory inspection....so....

Whoops, there I go.....

Now there's going to be a new safety/political movement towards a National supercomputer data base where all of our medical records will be stored, just a mouse click away....

Time to fold up another tinfoil beanie....

 

You know, the thing about weeding is.....

There are always fresh weeds sprouting up, you pull all the ones you see today.....

And there will be new ones sprouting up tomorrow.

 

THEY STILL ARE FOR SALE...JJ Keller Medical exam form

like i Said earlier............Outside the Realm Of your typical Mega-Carrier or Large known trucking Co. These Mom n Pop Trucking Co's in the Farms arent Going out of their way to succumb to a National registry dietician or whatever you call them!

these Hog haulers..Old Men Grain Haulers and others arent gonna put up with that noise

 

I misunderstood. I was under the impression they were filled out except for what the driver filled out. Signed and ready to go. My bad.