Made a mistake tonight that will have me late tomorrow

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Xzay, Aug 25, 2016.

  1. Crazytrucker77

    Crazytrucker77 Heavy Load Member

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    yeah I would not have done that. I would have left and went to the next place to park. Not only did you waste 40 minutes getting nowhere but now you might be late to the appointment not good hope you learned from this.
     
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  3. Xzay

    Xzay Light Load Member

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    Swift let's you edit everything except driving time on our E-logs.
    So it's no way for me to start my 10 hour break before It restarted due to the fact that finding a spot was considered driving
     
  4. Xzay

    Xzay Light Load Member

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    I did learn. Only thing is I only had like 44 minutes left on my 11 so driving somewhere else was risky.
     
  5. Hick

    Hick Heavy Load Member

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    Well it was a thought lol

    He can't edit drive time. He'll get a call from safety and they won't be as thrilled as dispatch might be about that on-time delivery.
     
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  6. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    So..Your gonna P1ss off someone then. See What those things do,lol

    So its either.....Make safety mad- But The customer and Dispatch are satisfied....Or Vice-Versa. Someone's Getting Mad Because of E-logs.
     
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  7. Rusty Trawler

    Rusty Trawler Road Train Member

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    Your real mistake was counting on finding parking at a ta at 930 pm
    That will fail 9 out of 10 times
     
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  8. Xzay

    Xzay Light Load Member

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    True. I just came here since this is the exact place they made me get fuel. Plus was running close on my 11 by the time I got here
     
  9. stayinback

    stayinback Road Train Member

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    don't those TA's have that Reserved parking spots for late hours? I don't stop at TA's that much so I don't Know how that works
     
  10. Xzay

    Xzay Light Load Member

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    I assumed those were for a certain truck
     
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  11. Rusty Trawler

    Rusty Trawler Road Train Member

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    I highly recommend the trucker path app
    It will give you a good idea what truckstops you can get in at what time so you can plan your shutdown better
    It's a free app and pretty darn good
     
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