ELD decals making you a target?

I don't see it.

I had those stickers on the trucks and my inspection rate was always low and still is. I have to ask but I never remember any driver accept one who had to pull out receipts or was asked a lot of questions, and it is the same with me, I never been asked to produce a fuel receipt or any other one for that matter. However once I was asked why I had logged 53 hours sleeper and I told the guy because I was sleeping.

 

Why are you giving them fuel receipts and any bill except your currant bill?

You are not required to carry any extra bills or your fuel receipt. Just put them in a separate envelope and keep it out of sight.

If asked for fuel, toll, BOL's or any thing else just tell them, sorry already sent it into the office.

Remember that you only need your currant BOL (unless haz mat tanker, then you BOL from last product hauled when empty), registration and permits, along with log book or ELD or AOBRD.

No other paper work is required to be in your possession.

 

I remember when I went through CDL school 9 years ago, the instructor scaring the crap out of us about all that receipt stuff. How a DOT officer will randomly jump up in cab and start rummaging through your garbage can, under your mattress, etc, looking for receipts and what not.

What a crock of crap that was...

 

It's true. They ask for permission to search the truck, people usually say yes, then they do what you just described, search the whole cab. It happened to my buddy couple of times, his company has crappy record and they get stopped often.
The funny thing is, they got ELD installed on all trucks now, but drivers can edit everything they want, just like with paper

 

Oregon DOT are famous for asking a driver for receipts or grabbing them off the floor. I've kept them from 2012 roughly one or two a month. I toss them on the corresponding month. Right on passenger side floorboard. I had fun with a rookie dot cop. Writing up a huge ticket. Till he handed back my receipts and logbook. I then thanked him for finding them, must of fallen out of seat or out of glovebox.
Me: " Oooohhh. Wow these are old 2012"
Cop: ."what do you mean 2012!?!?!"
Me: " here look for your self"

Cop: "stay right here I need to go check on something"

Cop comes back.

Cop: " your free to go"

With an ELD sticker on that truck
Running the app keep trucking before the dongle

 

Oh, I'm sure it happens. I've been inspected dozens of times over the years. Never had anything close to what my instructor made it sound like. Then again, my truck is clean, I don't have crap all over my dash, etc.

All the times I've been inspected with elogs, I've never had a guy even ask me to show him my last 7 days, let alone fax the logs to him. I think a lot of it has to do with how one presents themselves upon eye contact and initial greeting.

 

thank you anybody that gives them prior days fuel receipts,tolls or bol's other then the last one is asking for trouble.Ive been through it when I ran loose leafs always trying to catch me heck half my ltl reefer stops never happened lol

 

I've been running an "eLog sticker" the past 5+ years and never had any issues, then or today. But I've always ran for mid-sized carriers who were just large enough to have a good known reputation by sight.

I haven't had to bother getting fuel receipts in over 8 years. And never had a truck searched. Some of you guys must look pretty rough or have that "twitchy eye" that naturally makes you look guilty of something