I just got back from Dothan AL and realizing last night that I went from EST to I believe Mountain Time I traveled backwards. Meaning I went back an hour. Now correct me if I am wrong but as for the 11 hour rule even though I arrived at my destination at 8 pm mountain time, it was actually 9 pm est which was the time zone I went on duty in. So on my log I would put 9 pm right? Or do I actually put the time on the log the truck physically stopped which would of been 8 pm.? Doing that seems like I am cheating the log and if I was questioned by DOT they would look at my BOL and know where I started and it would be obvious I started in another time zone.
So the question is as for HOS do I put the time the truck stopped in the time zone I was in or do I add the one hour to the log because I did in fact drive that hour.
Thanks guys hope I made sense asking this question
Time Zone Change and HOS
Discussion in 'Expediter and Hot Shot Trucking Forum' started by Ryan S2016, Nov 17, 2016.
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You log your time from your company home base.
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Always log for the time zone of your HOME TERMINAL.
For example:
My HOME TERMINAL is Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh is in the Eastern Time Zone. But I'm in Chicago, IL which is in the Central Time Zone. My log hours are still shown in Eastern Time Zone. So my pretrip at 6:00 local time (CST) will be logged at 7:00 (EST- Home Terminal time zone)
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You stay in the time zone designated by the carrier as your home terminal. It might be the same time zone as you live in, or the company's office or terminal is in, or it might be one clear across the country. Bottom line, regardless of where your truck is physically, your log book stays in the same time zone.
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Dothan, al is in the central time zone. How do you not know where/what time zones you are in. How do you not know how to log properly?
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