You Can Thank These Companies For Pushing ELDs.

I'm not teasing heavy lol...there's no appointments on what I haul and it's strictly whenever ya show up ..takes a little self discipline to not become totally lazy lol.

 

At the root is the FEAR of the trucker unwilling to pull over when the clock says to stop at the 11th hour of driving only 20 miles from the Reciever and make a new appointment for tomorrow. There is a mountain of truckers fired over that.

Also shippers and recievers have caused myself and many others to choke on a forced promise you will deliver on that day and hour. Says who? Wait a moment, we have 2000 miles of ice storm and mountains snow that will need dealing with to do this safely or the load does not arrive at all potentially.

There are so many issues with hours of service in direct conflict with the shippers and recievers I say.

Also... they are designed in elecronic form to control and corral drivers like myself who reveled in making it across PA in about three hours and change and into Indiana on paper before the 10th hour is up in the old days. Get somewhere and find that you are a day early. Use that time to do chores, clean cab and sleeper, laundry, eat well and rest up for you are going to run hard again after the delivery is made.

In electronic logs might as well document all of it in both a journal book and save a copy of your logs, failing that save enough information in writing to your journal (Which is not a legal document, just a story book...) that will allow you to reconstruct your trips in paper form for the state unemployment should you be fired...

The future is going to be built on the bodies of myself and all those who are determined not to allow Uncle Sam and his laws to stop the truck 20 miles from delivery knowing being fired within the hour is a real possibility.

I hate to press on and add one more thought.

The firings should stop. Fire a good driver like me with 31 years experience because you hate to make a phone call and grovel for a new appointment? And put a immigrant who is scared to death trying to learn everything at once here in a New Country? HA. The firing is on you Mr Dispatcher. You plunder and destroy the one bedrock resource that will carry you through these difficult times. I hope you find Arabic to your liking.

 

I understand well enough. Im sorry I brought that up Sir. I had a brain freeze forgetting totally about certain hauling such as you are doing very well. Accept my apology?

 

OOIDA. Lol

 

Ahhh no worries heavy were good man no offense taken at all ! I work my stones off loading and unloading ...driving is the easy Part and no rush lol

 

And you don't cheat on your Elog?

 

Hours of services needs to be change. Get rid of that stupid 30 min break. I wanna take a break when I actually need a break. Why is it canada can driving 13 hours and the United States only 11? I thought we were better? Get rid of recap and u0 rule, why can I work 3 jobs before and bank hours but I can't do that with 1 job?

 

Everybody cheat on elog and paper. Everybody cheat because the HOS. Don't u get it? If we had the time we wanted we wouldn't cheat, but why is this eld a big deal?

Definition of ELD

"Put simply, an ELD is an electronic solution that enables professional truck drivers and commercial motor carriers to easily track Hours of Service (HOS) compliance."

Do I need a 5 year old to explain ELD vs HOS? cause I can't dumb it down any much lower than that