Log Book question "Total Mileage Today"
#1
08-25-2014, 02:11 AM
Log Book question "Total Mileage Today"
The Driver's Daily Log my company uses has the following blanks: "Total Miles Driving Today" and "Total Mileage Today".
My question is this: what should be entered in the "Total Mileage Today" blank? My trainer when I was a truck driver said that "Total Miles Driving Today" was where I would enter how many miles I drove the tractor-trailer. And "Total Mileage Today" was to be either the total of all miles driven today (his miles and my miles) OR if I was the only driver, then Total Mileage Today was my total miles driven for that day. We have a driver who writes the truck odometer reading in "Total Mileage Today", just one driver out of many does this thing. Any opinions would be appreciated.
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#2
08-25-2014, 02:29 AM
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Your trainer was correct. This is for when driving in a team situation only. When driving solo just leave it blank, or better yet cross it out and initial the cross out so that it doesn't somehow get "changed" later.
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#3
10-08-2014, 01:45 AM
I just checked some old J.J. Keller books I have. That line isn't even available. Per the regs... there is no requirement for "total mileage today." Only for "total miles DRIVEN today." So.... I guess this is a company policy thing. I don't think the DOT officers can write a violation for not filling in a line that is not required by a reg. (they HAVE to specify the reg that is violated.)
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#4
10-09-2014, 01:33 AM
I just checked some old J.J. Keller books I have. That line isn't even available. Per the regs... there is no requirement for "total mileage today." Only for "total miles DRIVEN today." So.... I guess this is a company policy thing. I don't think the DOT officers can write a violation for not filling in a line that is not required by a reg. (they HAVE to specify the reg that is violated.)
I've been running the eclipse log book (highly recommend by the way) when I enter my miles it shows up on the line as for where am and what I'm doing.
#6
10-10-2014, 03:01 AM
At one time I used to put the beginning and ending odometer reading in the mileage box. I would then put the total miles driven in the other box. Now I only put in the total miles driven for the day. I have had several inspections doing it this way and none have said anything about it.
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