out service violation

I don't care if I'm loaded & rolling, 99% of the time when asked for my log book, I'll tell the cop I don't have one. I have NEVER been put out of service for not showing my log book.

 

I've done that before and it worked but I was within a 100 air miles from home.

 

I guess no ones ever been on duty and bob tailed to a store. Fact is he couldn't prove he was off duty. If could have none of this would even have been a issue.

 

Truck being used for personal conveyance is what should be shown and they will leave you alone

 

I'm home every night, so I spend more time inside the 100 air-mile radius than I do outside of it....

 

If you're an over the road driver you must maintain the last 7 days worth of logs and today's.

When you get a new driving job at a new company for example, they want to see your logs from the past 8 days, if you don't submit they don't give you a job, savvy?

 

...and if you've been off duty for 6 of those 8 days, you only have to complete 3 logs....because those 6 off duty days can all be shown on 1 page. The regulations state that you must be current to your last change of duty status. I haven't touched my log book since I got home yesterday afternoon and went off duty. If I choose to run to town tomorrow and do some grocery shopping in the big truck instead of taking one of my pickup trucks, there is no need to "update" my log, because I'M STILL OFF DUTY! My duty status has not changed, and therefore I do not need to draw any additional lines in it in order to remain current to my last change of duty status.

I'm not sure why that is such a difficult concept for some to comprehend. It doesn't matter if he went off duty 6 minutes ago or 6 days ago, as long as he's completed his log book up to the point where he went off duty, he is current! He is not required to touch his log book again until his duty status changes again.

 

When you go decide to joy ride in your big truck. You might want to draw some lines so you won't be the next person crying about being shut down.

 

That right there is the difference between someone who knows the regulations, and someone who does not. I don't worry about being shut down for not having a log book when the regulations say I don't have to have one. I've never been shut down for refusing to show a log book when the regulations have been on my side...but you have to know what the regulations are in order to successfully counter what the officer thinks they are. You've got to know the rules of the game you are playing instead of relying upon others to interpret them for you....otherwise, you're going to get bent over.

 

If you're sitting at the house for days on end Off Duty, then yes you may log it all on one page. The original poster was living in his truck for 6 days, there will need to be shown change of duty status from Off Duty to Sleeper which disqualifies putting several days logs on one page. If you don't have a 24 hour straight line on crossing at least 2 days, you will not be able to combine those 2 days (or any more days) on a single page. So what he'd have to do is close out each 24 hour period every day and have them available to show when asked. Remember also the carrier may lag no more than 14 days behind having copies of your logs on file.