What happens if you go into violation (driving past 11th hour) on electric logs?

Company violation.

If stopped during the next 8 days, log book violation.

If company audited in 6 months and found log violation.

Otherwise, no need to dwell.

 

you are an outlaw and a danger to the public, what if some small child was walkling across the road, alone, in the dark at night and you ran over her

what would you tell her lawyers???

 

You get #### from your safety guys, only worry is if the company is going to get an audit then a violation, and told not to do it again. For future referance just log off the the next morning drive back to where you logged off and log back in the log out and log in location will be the same.

 

I wouldn't worry about it unless you are a habitual offender. The occasional error isn't what they're worried about.


Yet.

 

Definitely wouldn't make it a habit.

Maybe a phone call from safety but I wouldn't stress over it.

 

Nothing has happened to me so far. Guess it depends on the company though. It happens. I always notate in the comments section the reason 'loading/unloading delay could not park at shipper' whatever the (legitimate) reason may be. Happens on average about once every three months to me. As long as you don't have repeated violations I think the expect this on some level given how some shippers and receivers are.

This is is where the google map and sat map on my phone pays for itself. Sometimes I've been able to find decent parking really close to where I am. Lowes, Home Depots, walmarts, grocery stores sometimes you just have to get creative to not run it over more than a few minutes.

I got one to Pawtucket RI once directions said overnight parking available. Got there with 20 minutes left and the guard laughed at me and asked where I thought I was going to park? No parking allowed. Pulled up the sat map on the phone and found a grocery store 3/10 away. Rolled over there in the back corner by the dock and shut down like I belonged there. After the 2nd time the cop rolled through and he didn't bother me figured I was good. Rolled over in the morning and unloaded. Didn't even trip the log on.

Sometimes you just have to get creative. Don't do it with no explanation though. Cya. Call safety and send a qc message explaining why you ran over. These things, at least at my company, go over much better if you get in front of them rather than wait for the phone call asking why.

As as long as it isn't a pattern of behavior for you I wouldn't worry about it happening once. It won't be the last last time if you're on an elog. That I promise you.

 

3rd time and truck self-destructs. BOOM!

 

Your truck won't start until you get a note from your mother, a chewing out from your compliance officer and an okey-dokey from the janitor that works at FMCSA.