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I also found very interesting the concept that until you sign it, you SHOULD be allowed to correct it without getting a ticket. But, I also know that the DOT probably don't THINK that way.
ok...ill do my best perry mason impression....Originally Posted by golfhobo
the log, but I believe the "spirit" of the reg assumes that it will be signed after the LAST duty status change of the day. I also found very interesting the concept that until you sign it, you SHOULD be allowed to correct it without getting a ticket. But, I also know that the DOT probably don't THINK that way.
first off, nowhere did i say in my post that you should be able to go back and make changes to your logbook up until you sign it. If you and others have read that into what i actually posted, then that is your fault.
what i'm saying is that in the regs that says "ALL ENTRIES". Yeah, you are current in your senario, Golf, and correct that all your entries up to that point are accurate. So I would assume that you are going to resign the logbook after every entry?? I take things literally, and when something says 'all entries', that means ALL. If you go back a day later and realize you forgot to put your miles down, and you happen to have signed it, BOOM.....ticket. If you signed it, and then after you pulled it out to turn into the company, and you happen to find that you forgot to write anything on your last 'flag' in remakrs at the end of the day....BOOM.....ticket.
Now i'm saying 'ticket' if you were pulled around a scale house, and a DOT punk was auditing your logbook. The question is, you are in the middle of your day, you've signed your logbook, and the DOT guy sees you've just started your day 2 hours ago, and in conversation with you knows you still plan to work/drive 10 more hours, CAN he legally give you a ticket?? yes he can. Just like in Ohio...if u was clocked doing 56, can u legally get a ticket?
and please, rev or whoever, show me where used these words and said 'until you sign the logbook, you can go back and make changes even with a DOT guy standing right there'.