I was wrong. E-logs save lives

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by rank, Dec 19, 2018.

  1. sealevel

    sealevel Road Train Member

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    Don't y'all think this outlaw bit done got out of hand?
    What started out to be a joke the law don't understand.

    Waylon Jennings. Lol
     
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  3. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I fought the cat, and the, cat won.
    I fought the cat and the cat won.

    ( See thread on driver 1st aid ).
     
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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    It disgusts me to admit this in what used to be a free country, but unfortunately ZVar is right.

    Paperless logs

    I hate lawyers, and a pox upon ALL their houses.
     
  5. Zeviander

    Zeviander Road Train Member

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    Because that's exactly what the article said.

    The elog doesn't force anyone to make an unsafe driving decision.
     
  6. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    How come Greg needs so many naps?
     
  7. shogun

    shogun Road Train Member

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    My wife is an atty for the state supreme court, the emotions and heart strings that get pulled on at a jury level don't come into play. They go based on case law and procedure. A person who is drunk and hits someone won't see that money once it gets appealed, I promise you.
    It goes before a panel of 10 judges and gets ruled on and sent back to the lower courts. Insurance companies will fight that verdict til the cows come home and its reversed.
     
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  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    Granted, I’ve heard nothing else out of that story in the years since, but I nearly fell out of my chair when I first read it way back when.
     
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  9. rank

    rank Road Train Member

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    Problem is.....what driver can afford the lawyer? That’s why most of these guys that break HOS rules and kill someone do time.....they plead guilty. That one guy.....seltzer......was only 3hrs over but he plead guilty yet the Walmart guy walked. I’m guessing Walmart paid the lawyer
     
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  10. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    We get it, You run way illegal and then create a log that shows you ran legal.
    Your logs may pass a road side inspection but if a lawyer that is suing you goes through your log book and cell phone records, you're done,
    Why not just drive when you have hours and park when you don't have hours?
    Millions of us have found a way to legally drive a truck and earn a good living.
    Why can't you and Greg do it?
    They say trucking isn't for sissies, I believe it
     
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  11. tucker

    tucker Road Train Member

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    Actually the Walmart driver had about 30 minutes left on his 14 and was going to park at a nearby store for his break, but the being awake for that long wasn't very smart
     
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