Transition to EOBR

Dude claims he got a 20% increase in pay is cheating on his elog and his company will point that out AFTER it becomes law. Then tell him to have a nice day sucker.

 

Or the most logical explaination is he didn't do his job to begin with so once he was mandated by his company he realized he has to work harder. This is how he got a 20% increase in his check. More drivers needing to have their hand held in order to make money for themselves and the company.

 

I've said this for a long time ... Those who say they are making more money on ELogs then they did on paper, probably never knew how to properly manage their time and put in 100% to begin with. ELogs forces them to learn what they should have learned long ago on paper. I'm glad they finally learned how to work smarter (and still legal), but I wish many would have figured it out long ago and realize you can work on paper, make money, and be legal all at the same time. But that get's lost on many here. And those of us who don't see the "glorious things" Elogs brings are labeled as old-school geezers who don't get it. And frankly, that's fine with me. I'm not a idiot, I know Elogs are coming to everyone at some point but that doesn't change the other facts.

 

Exactly!
As I said, I work on the clock now and sleep in my own bed. So the Elogs are no big deal. But some on here think that anyone using paper is a fool or to dumb to make a living using elogs.
All the years I used paper I never got a log violation and I never ran two logs either, yes I did some creative drawing, but they were legal. And if I was tired, the truck pulled over! It was nothing to tell a broker or a dispatcher that the load will get there right after I do! Plus a good driver was responsible and got the load there on time and did not spend time in the truck stop B-S'ing and playing video games.
I don't need a computer to tell me how and when to drive. There is a hell of a lot more robots today than truck drivers.

 

It has nothing to do with safety, it's all about liability. The big companies are only concerned about covering their assets. All the lawyers that we called shysters, ambulance chasers, and scoundrels fifteen or so years ago, we now call those same lawyers congressman, senator, and your honor.



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OCed and MEANbean

 

Well, I can see a lot of cost reduction reasons (in the long term) for companies, large and small by going to EOBR system. Plus those who have not even moved to a "Qualcomm" type system yet, will also realize a new level of communication and performance monitoring they didn't know they were missing.

More accuracy and better fleet management knowing what asset has what hours available, and can project forward to enhance load planning.
Fewer documented violations
Less paper/storage costs
Less mail costs
Less office personnel costs (in-house auditors, file clerks, etc)
Less costs and hassle to respond to DOT audits
Sort of forces the carrier and the driver both to become as smart and efficient as possible in order to make as much money as possible

 

Well EOBR's can get them bit too . My carrier doesn't govern trucks but has a 65 mph limit policy . They have sent several mass e-mails complaining 90% of the drivers are exceeding the limit regularly . A lawyer would love those e-mails

 

I'm in the same boat.

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OCed and MEANbean

 

It's more than liabilty too its about getting rates up by dragging everyone down! Rememeber when OOIDA asked everyone to run leagal a few years ago? They knew then that it can't be done under the current system as they do now.
And dude you are not reporting all that you are doing in your on duty catagory. Send me a copy of your logs for one week I bet I can find your violations.

 

I know that you are shaving somewhere I got that box too and these guys are stuck on stupid strick that I work for because they have been sued close to 57-58 times and that was last count some years ago by a lawyer who knows Dart quite well and brags that he can get more if ya been hit by em. Dart is trying to stay in biz so strick is the only way to go for these guys. I bet you are'nt on duty when you pull that truck up nor on duty when you get to that cust and in search for that trailer the list goes on so I know you are just trying to blow smoke up our rear ends.
But you won't do it to me I know how the box works and why they really want it in ALL trucks so you can shoot that BS on somebody else.