HOS, inspection and other questions.

Start with the basics... then go from there.. this channel has a ton of Geotab clips

 

I’m going to offer a bit if important advice, take it a bit seriously.

First it sounds like a cheap company. Think about finding a better company.

But that said the company is supposed to provide you with instructions on how the unit works, this is a federal regulation that the carrier provides you with written instructions on how to use the unit and implied to instruct and support you to solve problems with the use of any eld. If there is any malfunction, like shutting down, then you go to paper immediately, do not mess around, COVER YOUR BUTT!!

Don’t worry about what’s on the tablet, right now I would cover your butt by going to paper, go back 7 days and tell them the device is malfunctioning, no dot violation on you.

if your company gives you crap about it, report them to the fmcsa. There is a consideration that if they don’t resolve these issues and harass you over it, it is breaking the regulations.

§ 395.22 Motor carrier responsibilities—In general.
(h) In-vehicle information. A motor carrier must ensure that its drivers possess onboard a commercial motor vehicle an ELD information packet containing the following items:

(1) A user's manual for the driver describing how to operate the ELD;

(2) An instruction sheet for the driver describing the data transfer mechanisms supported by the ELD and step-by-step instructions for the driver to produce and transfer the driver's hours-of-service records to an authorized safety official;

(3) An instruction sheet for the driver describing ELD malfunction reporting requirements and recordkeeping procedures during ELD malfunctions; and

(4) A supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status and other related information for a minimum of 8 days.

 

you weren't taught how to fill out a paper log at whatever school you went to??

there are directions on the back of every log book. found at a truckstop

 

That is part of your training before you start operating a cmv. You have to know what is required of you. It is on you to know this. Yes it seems you are working for a unqualified company who is not concerned with you being trained properly. It is also on you as well because you have a cmv license. It is on the both of you. You have to bring yourself up to speed on how to fill out logs if your tablet is not working. You have to make your company fix the equipment as well. It might be time to find a different company

 

Normally, you can have your safety department print out your previous 8 days' logs. Then continue on paper until the device is fixed. Of course that won't do you much good if the device has been malfunctioning. That's why it is important to switch to paper as soon as the device malfunctions.

But the bigger problem is, you need to know how to use a log... that's a pretty fundamental part of the job. Also sounds like your company's safety department (if they have one) has some learning to do.

I'm not making fun of you, but I'm awfully curious who gave you a CDL without teaching you how to log.

 

OK keep documenting it, cover your butt.

So learn, it isn't hard, hell it has been around since 1948, with the hundrends of YouTube vidoes, right now there isn't a reason why.

As for you remembering, well thats something you have to ask your company to help you with but what does the ELD package have to say?

 

This is common... this is someone who WAS given the instruction and I'm willing to bet, the training materials... its common and easy to fall back on the "They's and Them's" when they didn't hold up their end. I provided a link to videos from the ELD system that the driver is trying to use. The fact that the driver seems to have little to no idea how the HOS works in the least, its time to refer first to the FMCSR Section 395 and let them sink or swim.