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Originally Posted by unkut2003
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Originally Posted by LOAD IT
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No sir, I can promise you that this everything I've said is the truth! I got the ticket for diregarding a traffic sign right here beside me. I did call the boss who advised me that due to him sending me out without a log, he would cover the ticket.... and have a PACK of logs sittin in my truck ready for my trip to Medina tomorrow morning.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: We BELIEVE you!!! And so did the DOT cops!! :lol:
You are a VERY lucky noobie!! It's good that your boss will pay the ticket.... it WAS his fault!
But, yes.... YOU should have known better! You WENT to CDL school right? Didn't they tell you that YOU are responsible for following ALL FMCSA rules and regulations?? Have you READ them??
I doubt that you "failed to follow a traffic sign.... or whatever..... but they HAD to write you for SOMETHING!! :lol: The City has bills to pay, too!
You could have been put OOS AND fined about 500 bucks or more for not "keeping an RODS."
Welcome to Trucking 101!!!! These people sometimes "play for keeps!" YOU are responsible for knowing the regulations you are working under, and following them. You probably won't EVER get another break like this one!
Fines vary in different states, but logbook violations generally run in the 3-6 hundred dollar range! :shock:
If your boss hadn't told you to run without one, and wasn't a standup guy.... YOU'D be paying some BIG bucks for this mistake!
Yeah.... BEN was kidding! And Triple Digit Bob was just jealous that HE hadn't thought of such a funny thing!! :wink:
Go to the nearest truckstop and buy the little green book of the latest FMCSA regs. I KNOW it's thick.... but READ it!!! Also, go to their website FMCSA.COM and spend several HOURS reading everything you CAN about the regs!
You might also peruse the forum on Rules, REgs and DAC, oh my! on this website!
Didn't you post a thread on what you needed to take on your first trip? I guess we failed you by mentioning the little things like toilet paper, and forgetting to tell you that you needed......
LOGBOOKS!!!