Stuck at a shipper with no driving time left

I run paper logs so that's never a problem

 

Paper logs as well.
You go off duty not driving....

 

There is really no one size fits all answer for this. It depends alot on what you can get away with at your company.

Loose leaf logs, you can rewrite history or simply wander down the road till you find a good place to rest. If a officer stops you, you can hope they are sympathetic, or you edit job was good.

Elogs, depends on company policy, some allow for "finding a safe haven" some don't.

Personally, my company knows who causes the trouble, and do good to make sure I go in with plenty of spare time. And I personally try to plan trips that way anyway when I can.

Each time I've been in this predicament, it was different. In one case, the security guards had my back, and made sure the customer left me alone, in another case a yard dog told me where to hide in the yard. In one case I was at another carriers hub and the drivers there told me to park with them and they'd deal with it. Pays to get along well with folks sometime.

But normally I always try to scout out parking from Google earth as close as possible. I can creep at about 12mph without triggering line 3 on my logs, so if something's right outside the gate, who cares. But if they aren't taking "I can't move" for an answer, I just drive and give saftey a call.

I know plenty of people would hold firm and park it, but I'm not going to sleep well if they aren't letting me. So I'll just go somewhere I can rest easier.

I've also wasted time at a few till I got a split or a pause before. Some I've had my paperwork for hours still docked. Someplaces take forever to notice. Every customer and every situation is different.

Even had lumpers that let me stay in the dock, regardless of the policy.

 

Some companies will call a tow truck an tow you to the nearest truck stop.

 

Some companies allow you to use line 5 on the log. Just to get to the nearest safe place to park... And then in the remarks you document what happened.... Not really what it's meant for but.....

Alturnitive is to call the US Marshals......

 

Depends on company safety director. computer logs log u driving at a certain mph Or distance. Being new guy on the block. Keep in mind big brother is watching every inch the truck travels. " safety for your company"

 

It happened to me one time at a Dollar General distribution center in South Carolina. I had drugs in the load and they had to inventory every box as it came off the truck. It took over 7 hours and they made me leave. Being how the streets are narrow and such, I ended up driving about 30 miles to the company terminal. The QC yelling at me most of the way. Made it there safely and late in the night. Called up dm the next morning and never heard another word about it. I was sleeping during the offload, so it was just semantics anyway. This is why elogs suck a bit, as somethings are not totally absolute in a drivers schedule. Another option would have been to call the cops and see if they could write me a permission note or escort me to a safe haven.

 

So whats to stop someone from logging in as in off-duty in sleeper while the truck is unloading and saving that time?? Not sure I see the problem, but still trying to grasp the time thing myself.