Logging off Duty

Kabar is right in this case. You need to show a hotel reciept in order to log off duty other wise if you were with the truck the whole time at the repair facility then you are in fact on duty.

 

He "could have" been sleeping in his sleeper all that time too. Show me where in the reg's it says you must have a hotel/motel receipt unless you have a day cab. As far as I know there is no reg that tells you that you must be sleeping. Sugested Yes

 

Most companies do daily log audit's but something like that they could care less about. Sorry to say it but let DOT stop you and audit your log book and you'll be whistling a different tune. Log it like you do it. To me that wouldn't look legal but making the ilegal thing's look legal. #### that was a mouth full lol.

 

I have yet to see a shop that will let you stay in the truck or even in the shop area due to insurance policy while work is being performed. So I see how this can go either way. Catch 22

 

I've slept in my truck at many shops while it was being worked on it just have to ask and believe it or not alot will let you depending on the work there doing, so what some guys are saying is you can't leave the truck at the shop and go out sight seeing or get dinner or lunch you have to log on duty wrong you can you dont have to be in the sleeper berth or a hotel to be of duty just relieved from work.

 

I've alway's been told to leave the truck and wait in the driver's lounge. Not only at Frightliner but at Thermo King as well when I had to have my TriPak worked on.

 

No you don't. I could have stayed with friends, family, etc. When I go to the nunya line that is exactly what I tell them nunya.

 

Good point made. I'll go with it. Like was mentioned though, still a big gray area on this subject.

 

Are you relieved of duty? If so, you're off-duty. Regardless of where you are or what you're doing.

I've rented cars before while my truck was in a shop and went sightseeing for the day (or two). Maybe didn't even get a hotel.

There's no reg I know of that requires you show a hotel/motel receipt to log off-duty out on the road. It's none of the DOTs business what I do on my time off, or where it is I spend my time off, or when/where I sleep, if I do. I can spend 10 hours in the sleeper and not sleep a wink, but by law could still get up and start driving (stupid, yes. Legal, yes).

 

yup,that's what I've been trying to say.