When to sign logbook???

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by jaguar011, Dec 28, 2015.

  1. DTP

    DTP Road Train Member

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    Wrote me up because I DID sign it once I went on duty and before I finished the day. "I certify these entries are true and correct"
     
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  3. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    What about the rest of your day,how can u certify say getting fuel or posttrip when you haven't done neither but yet you signed saying you did?
     
  4. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Same with getting bills don't you sign those at the end of loading and unloading?Mostly everything is signed at the end.
     
  5. DTP

    DTP Road Train Member

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    Appears I'm screwed once again. Might as well get this company's logo tattooed on my ### since I'm clearly friggin stuck here. Nice to know I've wasted 7.5 years of my life out here for nothing. I can forget ever finding a job worth having...
     
  6. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    And why do you say that?
     
  7. GasHauler

    GasHauler Master FMCSA Interpreter

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    Your clock never changes. It should be the time of your home terminal. I suggest you read 395.8 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
     
  8. Mark Kling

    Mark Kling Technology Contributor

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    I ran a manual clock in the truck that did not change time with the time zones and labeled it Yard Time. I ran my log books off that clock.
     
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  9. Mark Kling

    Mark Kling Technology Contributor

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    Brian991219 shows the correct answer. As long as you go by the FMCSA guidelines you are legal. I don't know why we have 400 difference answers when the guidelines states it clearly enough.
     
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  10. Lepton1

    Lepton1 Road Train Member

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    You want 400 opinions? Ask 100 truckers.
     
  11. brian991219

    brian991219 Road Train Member

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    I didn't mean my log clock, I meant my clock on my phone, I didn't have a dash or radio clock in the truck when I made that mistake, no factory radio in the truck.
     
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