Which ELD did you go with

So do it.
I bet he is assuming you are also within the 100 mile radius.

Is that your new excuse? One dot officer on the phone told you you didn't need one so there? They will do the same thing. Hand you ticket. Tell it to judge. Your problem now.

Don't get me wrong I don't want it either but what are you going to do? If I had enough money for retirement I would seriously consider it. But I don't. And I don't know how else to make the money I do doing this.

 

I confirmed multiple times, what better excuse is there. Plus, California law doesn't require you to have one until 2020 anyway.

 

That makes a little bit more sense.
If you operated intrastate ca only then you are under their rules. So you would have til 2020.
I would think as soon as you cross I to az and go over the 100 mile rule you are now subject to interstate law. It would be a question of which law trumps the other. If you are inspected in Arizona and he sees you doing more than the 100 mile even while staying in ca he may decide you are subject to federal rules at all times therefore you are in violation.

It's your gamble I don't really care what you do, I'm just saying if you use "a dot officer on the phone said so" you will get laughed at as well as eviscerated in court if you use it as a defense. That's all.

 

yes I agree, I even tried calling some scalehouses and they are just as confused as everybody else. They start their sentences with "I think....

 

Actually not. If he is legal running paper logs in Canada, then his previous 7 days can be paper logs, with the ELD for when he's required to log on an ELD. It really isn't much different than a driver claiming the 8 days in 30 exemption plugging in the ELD on day 9. His paper logs cover the previous days, and when he gets back within the 8 days in 30 exemption, he can unplug the ELD and go back to paper logs.

 

You're right. My brain must of shut off when i typed that.

 

I suggest looking into the rules a bit deeper. My understanding is that while I run a lot of intrastate i am still subject to interstate rules because i operate under an interstate mc and dot number, not an intrastate dot number. I could be wrong but that's the way i understand it.

 

That's also how I understand it.

Would be a good question for the oil field guys who perhaps mostly only operate in say Texas for example and only on occasion leave the state. Isn't Texas intrastate hos a little wider than the 14 hour window?

 

Aobrd for the next two years. Then I’ll worry about the dreaded elogs later lol

 

nice, Keep Truckin is saying Ship date expected to be early january. Great! what do I tell the officer