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Shows where this company's priorities are.Should've had elogs in tractors by 1st January 2017.But the top execs got their bonuses and increases in pay.Since they paid so much for each dash cam why couldn't the dash cam be utilized as an elog?
 
bigtruk_us said:
Shows where this company's priorities are.Should've had elogs in tractors by 1st January 2017.But the top execs got their bonuses and increases in pay.Since they paid so much for each dash cam why couldn't the dash cam be utilized as an elog?
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I guess if you used the dash cam to take a picture of your log book. Then maybe that photo could be sent electronically. Then you could call it an elog! :hilarious::hilarious::emoticon digging:
 
blackjack41 said:
Rumor has it Buffalo getting them first next month then rest of company will have elogs by end of May.
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Installation and training will begin in March, plan is to be completed and in compliance by Labor Day. This is straight from my safety man. L/H and P&D drivers will use them differently but I didn't really understand why. I guess we'll find out in March.
 
Hugh Snynder said:
Installation and training will begin in March, plan is to be completed and in compliance by Labor Day. This is straight from my safety man. L/H and P&D drivers will use them differently but I didn't really understand why. I guess we'll find out in March.
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I can only suspect why, but probably so the local guys can have customers tracking where their deliveries are, send pickups to the drivers, and maybe use it for electronic signatures?
 
Or maybe because most P&D drivers are DOT exempt? I would assume the elog loads your hour of service rules so it knows when to alert you of hours of service issues like lunch time and so on. Wonder if the DOT exempt folks will even need them to be in compliance?
 
RexRyan said:
Or maybe because most P&D drivers are DOT exempt? I would assume the elog loads your hour of service rules so it knows when to alert you of hours of service issues like lunch time and so on. Wonder if the DOT exempt folks will even need them to be in compliance?
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P and D drivers are only exempt from logging while staying inside 100 air miles of their home terminal, or working less than 12 hours a day. Any time you go over either of those you have to turn in a log. And yes, I am quite sure city drivers will get an available hours recap each day when they log on to the system....
 
BIG R GUY said:
P and D drivers are only exempt from logging while staying inside 100 air miles of their home terminal, or working less than 12 hours a day. Any time you go over either of those you have to turn in a log. And yes, I am quite sure city drivers will get an available hours recap each day when they log on to the system....
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And if the union and the company have any brains, there will be elogs in every single tractor as a means of protecting the company from the liability issues that arise with noncompliance. Elogs are here to stay folks! Trump isn't going to zap them out of existence. Only when we all start complying with the law will rates rise enough to raise wages and pensions back to levels that will attract and retain quality workers to our industry.
 
BIG R GUY said:
P and D drivers are only exempt from logging while staying inside 100 air miles of their home terminal, or working less than 12 hours a day. Any time you go over either of those you have to turn in a log. And yes, I am quite sure city drivers will get an available hours recap each day when they log on to the system....
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How many P&D men drive over 100 air miles from their home terminal or work over 12 hours?
 
I guess when you consider all duty time alot of city guys may go over 12 on a Friday working the freight. Good point.
 
I don't understand why we must use elogs and I'll preface this by saying that we are not an irregular route carrier.i.e.Warner and CRST and others are.We have regular routes that have been aligned with the hours of service and we travel mostly from Terminal to Terminal on a controlled access interstates.We don't go to shippers and consignees to pick up freight or deliver.
 
bigtruk_us said:
I don't understand why we must use elogs and I'll preface this by saying that we are not an irregular route carrier.i.e.Warner and CRST and others are.We have regular routes that have been aligned with the hours of service and we travel mostly from Terminal to Terminal on a controlled access interstates.We don't go to shippers and consignees to pick up freight or deliver.
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Perhaps, because it's Federal Law....
 
bigtruk_us said:
I don't understand why we must use elogs and I'll preface this by saying that we are not an irregular route carrier.i.e.Warner and CRST and others are.We have regular routes that have been aligned with the hours of service and we travel mostly from Terminal to Terminal on a controlled access interstates.We don't go to shippers and consignees to pick up freight or deliver.
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I work dock. I also have a couple hundred miles under my belt. The only way to ensure honesty in logging is electronically. It promotes safety and equality of dispatch. That benefits all. Why would u be so resistant to something that ensures safety and greater equality for all concerned?
 
Elwood said:
I work dock. I also have a couple hundred miles under my belt. The only way to ensure honesty in logging is electronically. It promotes safety and equality of dispatch. That benefits all. Why would u be so resistant to something that ensures safety and greater equality for all concerned?
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I never thought I'd like it. I do like it, after being forced to use it. Best reason- no one can force you into an illegal situation! (And very few cops or weigh stations even check us anymore, since they know we're legal)
 
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