Short Haul Exemption

You Bastards don't bring me flowers....anymore...unknown....
I Can Explain Peter Hermann GIF by YoungerTV
 
I guess this question is for the more experienced drivers...back before the ELDs we didn't keep logs (speaking of city drivers) just our time for punches on the clock..I remember that if you went over 12 hours you had to do a log, so the companies rarely worked you past 12 (at least this was my experience)...of course ELDs came out and companies started salivating over 14 hour days 70 hour work weeks, and 34 hour resets (pure greed and inconsiderate of drivers time)...so my question is why did the companies rarely let you go over? I mean were they penalized somehow if you did and they were audited?
The only explanation I ever heard was because if a driver experienced a 12 plus hour day is was 'excessively long' thus that Record of Duty Status or log sheet could easily show what the drivers day looked like in the event of a Compliance Audit or a Safety Audit by FMCSA.
Not sure if that was the real logic but that is how that requirement was explained to me...
 
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