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Originally Posted by kips41
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Originally Posted by Double R
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It is called logging with a calculator.
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Which is illegal. Log it as you drive it.
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That is why these guys run out of hours.
If I drive all day in a 65 mph zone, I am not going to log it at 55.
Usually try to show about 3-5 mph less. regardless of what it takes and
then lets say that it is a 950 mile run and the practical miles are 1000
I will take whatever I drive for that segment of the trip and only log 95% of it. Which means I will only be logging paid miles. I do each trip that way some are right on the money others are out 6-7 % sometimes.
Now for they guys that want to log every minute exactly as they do it, great if that works for you.
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kips41, I get what you're saying...what scares the bejeebers out of me is if I was--God forbid--involved in an accident and the DOT discovering my calculator logging method. I would be in a heap full of big trouble.
The DOT ain't stupid--they know a certain percentage of drivers are logging according to the calculator method that you use....I think they are willing to look the other way...until a trucker gets into an accident. Then all Hell will break loose for the driver...the DOT has no choice but to come down hard on the driver.
However, because the DOT is "willing" to look the other way, they indirectly are condoning the calculator logging method (Obviously they won't come out and say that).
I'm curious as to what percentage of truckers out there use the calculator method as opposed to the log-it-as-you-do-it method...as opposed to the just-making-it-up-along-the-way method. :lol: