corneileous
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, there seems to be some confusion within my company about how Elogs are supposed to operate.
When the government started this whole electronic log crap, when you fall under the requirements of having to have an E log, doesn’t that electronic logbook have to be somehow tied to your truck so that you can’t cheat it when you actually drive? I was under the impression that it was but since my company which is normally an aggregate company that hauls rock, sand, gravel and dirt in daycabs and belly dumps/end dumps who usually falls under the short haul exemption, we’re now trying to have an over the road division that does flatbed. The very few flatbedders we have among a couple of us rock haulers started using this app called KeepTruckin. Now it’s called Motive Driver but anyways, when I use the app, I’m just a rock hauler so I can basically use this app just like an electronic version of my paper log because I’m staying within my 150 mile radius and not coming nowhere near going outside that radius for more than eight times per month but the other guys who are doing the flat bedding are doing this every day but my company is telling these drivers that they can still use this app the same way I’m using it but I don’t think that’s correct because like I said before, if you’re driving outside that radius every day for more than eight times in one month that you’re now considered by the government as an over the road truck driver, I don’t think them guys using that app the same way I’m using it is completely legal because they still have complete control on how they fill out their logbooks.
Am I correct or does the government care about whether or not you have full access to log what you said you drove rather than having to log what you actually drove?
When the government started this whole electronic log crap, when you fall under the requirements of having to have an E log, doesn’t that electronic logbook have to be somehow tied to your truck so that you can’t cheat it when you actually drive? I was under the impression that it was but since my company which is normally an aggregate company that hauls rock, sand, gravel and dirt in daycabs and belly dumps/end dumps who usually falls under the short haul exemption, we’re now trying to have an over the road division that does flatbed. The very few flatbedders we have among a couple of us rock haulers started using this app called KeepTruckin. Now it’s called Motive Driver but anyways, when I use the app, I’m just a rock hauler so I can basically use this app just like an electronic version of my paper log because I’m staying within my 150 mile radius and not coming nowhere near going outside that radius for more than eight times per month but the other guys who are doing the flat bedding are doing this every day but my company is telling these drivers that they can still use this app the same way I’m using it but I don’t think that’s correct because like I said before, if you’re driving outside that radius every day for more than eight times in one month that you’re now considered by the government as an over the road truck driver, I don’t think them guys using that app the same way I’m using it is completely legal because they still have complete control on how they fill out their logbooks.
Am I correct or does the government care about whether or not you have full access to log what you said you drove rather than having to log what you actually drove?
I've been using the exemption for years now on my 171 mile jaunt every night.
