If you actually care....read this...
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05-09-2009, 01:35 PM
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If you actually care....read this...
I have seen on our bulletin boards in our terminals ....that as of May 11, 2009, the USDOT will be using GPS data from OBCR data to audit logbooks.
So it appears that the USDOT is going to compare your GPS input from your OBC against your logbooks to define whether or not you are running legal.... Best be safe than paying fines.....
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05-09-2009, 01:51 PM
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It has been what...at least a year now since they changed the rules and no longer have to get a court order for things like Qualcomm records.
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05-09-2009, 02:02 PM
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Ahhhh, but prior to this....they were not doing so. Apparently they have decide to do this, and it will become fully active as of 05/11.
I am thinking that companies may be required to "ping" their trucks more than once every hour.... I noticed that the other day....even though I had my tank washed out after a HM load, that at 0530.....while I was in the sleeper berth....my geologic screen "lit up"....after the truck had been shut down (engine off 9+hrs)....so I can only presume that I was "pinged"..... While some might claim its nothing new....it really is, because they will now be using GPS coordinates to validate the logbooks......... whoo-hooooo. Should be fun..... Where's my "tinfoil hat"....... 
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Forrest Gump was right....and some people literally strive to prove it.....everyday. Strive not to be one of "them".... And "lemmings" are a dime a dozen! Remember: The "truth WILL set you free"! If it doesn't "set you free"....."it will trap you in the cesspool of your own design". They lost my original "avatar"....oh well.
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05-09-2009, 02:05 PM
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Rev..... With all respect to you and your knowledge...we are not talking about the "companies".....we are talking about the the USDOT and its "subordinates".....
Its a different set of parameters, or a different "paradigm" if you please.... 
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Forrest Gump was right....and some people literally strive to prove it.....everyday. Strive not to be one of "them".... And "lemmings" are a dime a dozen! Remember: The "truth WILL set you free"! If it doesn't "set you free"....."it will trap you in the cesspool of your own design". They lost my original "avatar"....oh well.
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05-09-2009, 02:08 PM
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Ahhhh, but prior to this....they were not doing so. Apparently they have decide to do this, and it will become fully active as of 05/11.
I am thinking that companies may be required to "ping" their trucks more than once every hour.... I noticed that the other day....even though I had my tank washed out after a HM load, that at 0530.....while I was in the sleeper berth....my geologic screen "lit up"....after the truck had been shut down (engine off 9+hrs)....so I can only presume that I was "pinged"..... While some might claim its nothing new....it really is, because they will now be using GPS coordinates to validate the logbooks......... whoo-hooooo. Should be fun..... Where's my "tinfoil hat"....... The Pilot, Petro, and Flying J actually sit in Middlesex Township,PA.
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05-09-2009, 02:24 PM
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DoubleR... You're right it will be interesting once they start doing it....there are any number of discrepancies that will pop up....and one has to wonder what the time variation is that they will allow.... Those of us that know....due to reality, that the best you can do is 15 mins +/- on paper....so it remains to be seen what standard will be used...................
And in the meantime ...we get blamed for everything between the lack of taste in Wrigley's chewing gum and the the inefficiency of Cuba's government......  :smokin::bow: :moon:
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Forrest Gump was right....and some people literally strive to prove it.....everyday. Strive not to be one of "them".... And "lemmings" are a dime a dozen! Remember: The "truth WILL set you free"! If it doesn't "set you free"....."it will trap you in the cesspool of your own design". They lost my original "avatar"....oh well.
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05-09-2009, 02:34 PM
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DoubleR... You're right it will be interesting once they start doing it....there are any number of discrepancies that will pop up....and one has to wonder what the time variation is that they will allow.... Those of us that know....due to reality, that the best you can do is 15 mins +/- on paper....so it remains to be seen what standard will be used...................
And in the meantime ...we get blamed for everything between the lack of taste in Wrigley's chewing gum and the the inefficiency of Cuba's government...... :smokin::bow::moon: People Net is cell tower based, so the nearest tower could be as far as 9 miles from you (That's the furthest I have see so far) . Lets see how long it takes safety to catch on.
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05-09-2009, 02:43 PM
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Agree. And now that I have to use a log book again since I travel pass 100 air miles(in a day cab), I just write down what is on the "PEOPLE NET" screen.
People Net is cell tower based, so the nearest tower could be as far as 9 miles from you (That's the furthest I have see so far) . Lets see how long it takes safety to catch on.Yep...its amazing.....and some companies are going to find out that is "NOT business as usual"....and compliance is gonna be the name of then game.... I think its gonna be like an "inadvertant" restructurant of the realm......
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Forrest Gump was right....and some people literally strive to prove it.....everyday. Strive not to be one of "them".... And "lemmings" are a dime a dozen! Remember: The "truth WILL set you free"! If it doesn't "set you free"....."it will trap you in the cesspool of your own design". They lost my original "avatar"....oh well.
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