Oh what fun! Elogs

Maybe you should read the thread again.

 

According to the regulations, you can. Not supposed to while loaded but who's to say you didn't leave the trailer right where it is while you went shopping?

 

I dunno. Logging out would work as it doesn't record anything unless someone is logged in. Pretty sure that's against the regs though. You should have an off duty (pc) option. That's the personal conveyance line. Mine has it but I didn't realize what it was until partway through this discussion.

 

No, I work for a smaller company that uses Peoplenet. I'm just pointing out that if your logs were set up like they're supposed to be, you'd have that option.

 

Its up to the carrier whether company drivers can use the carrier's property for their personal conveyance.

BTW... when I mentioned 395.16 - that was in reference to a future mandate for Elogs/EOBRs. If you've looked at the proposed rulemaking for that equipment, its quite a bit more restrictive than what Peoplenet provides.

 

I know, I pointed that out. With nothing really being settled, we can't tell how this is going to play out just yet. For now, elogs are running off the existing rules. If they can't do what the existing rules say you can do, then they're not set up right.

 

I don't know if this will help, but when I was running with Werner, I could request Personal Drive Time through dispatch. The rules as I understood them were that I couldn't be under current dispatch, or use Personal Drive Time to manuever the truck to pick up a new dispatch. In other words, all "work" related driving had to be logged on line 3. However, I could deadhead home for hometime on Personal Drive Time, sometimes up to 500 miles due to location and the dedicated account I was on. I'd call your FM and see if Swift has something similar.

Bear in mind that they may deny you just to save fuel, also. Driver running truck for personal errands burns fuel that could be used to haul freight.