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Originally Posted by Bengalman
first week with trainer day 1 left at 10 am would not stop untill 1030 pm had just enough time to get a hot dog to go day 2 did not get to eat untill 930 pm day 3 on duty for 17 hours had 4 hours off duty then had 19 hours on duty i told him that i cant drive with no sleep and no food being a new driver (no cdl yet )he lies on his logs real bad .at least i think he does.we drive 6 to 7 hours then he starts the log so after we drive our 14 hour day its really 21 hours . should i ask for a new trainer with out telling them why or should i tell them the story i dont want to be a nark. or is this just the way it is thanks
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Welcome to the wonderful world of coolie-carrier OTR trucking. Although this guy is really a bad apple, the majority of drivers fudge it one way or another. Falisfying dock-time, traffic jams, PTI's, start times, speed averaging...drivers do whatever they can to stay off line 4 or illegally extend their 14. Really, the DOT should make logbooks with lines 1,2, and 3 only LOL.
E-mail your elected representatives. Get them to support EOBR's to make our highways safer. Of course, then you'll incur the wrath of the OOIDA. :roll: