Log book exempt 98% QUESTION

You have to keep time sheets but no log book. If you are on a day where you are required to log, you have to have 8 days of log sheets with you. If you are wanting to be perfectly honest, then you must log every day you are on duty in the 8 days before you are driving with a log. The fact that you need to log, once in awhile, would mean you should log all the time.

 

Short haul operations (100 mile) only your employer has to keep records. That is usually done with a time card. You don't have to record anything. Now some companies that have drivers like you will make them log everyday. You don't log like a OTR driver but just record all on duty time on line 4 only, on duty not driving. Then the days you go outside the circle you log like a normal driver with all 4 lines.

When you return from outside the circle just turn in your log sheet or two and you are done. Back to normal.

You still have to keep up with your 60/7 or 70/8 regulations.

 

There are logs specifically for this situation. The ones I used were basically a weeks time sheets on each page with a box at the bottom of each day to check when you went outside the 100 or out of state. My regular log book only had pages filled out for those days required.

 

I being a male and a SUPER TRUCKER must painfully admit that the answer given to you by CondoCruiser is a correct one and the answer I supplied was less then perfect.

That being said, I leave with as much dignity as I can muster.

 

I run locally and use a drivers time sheet that I carry. It has 31 days on it to log your hours, start, end, total hours for the day and mileage per line, per day. When I go outside the 100 mile "AIR" miles or over 12 hours, I use a daily log sheet and right on my time sheet, "See Log Sheet" (I use individual log sheets). Unless you clock in and clock at your company, You are responsible to verify your hours when ask by the LEO.

 

Google "Driver's Time Record Sheet", several will pop up, take your pick and print.

 

No big deal just log everyday.When you get jerked in at the scales its nice not having to explain a lot of stuff and have logs to show.Basically be over prepared ,appear normal and get out quickly.JMO