How to fill out log for local runs

It depends as a 100 mile driver....

If you work 12 hours or less a day you are exempt from 395.8. Which means a time card is satisfactory. Then if you log on RODS instead of a time card you need driver identification, the date, the time the driver began work, the time the driver ended work, and the total hours on duty to satisfy the DOT.

I would log like an OTR driver but you can leave out miles, company, BOL/shipper/commodity and recap if it's on your logs.

If they have you working 14 hour days, then I would log just like an OTR driver as it's required, regardless of the 100 mile rule.


Usually when a company requires a local guy to log is because they have OTR drivers also or ones that go outside the circle. That case I would discuss it with your log/safety person and ask them how they want it done. Regardless of the rules they might want you to log like an OTR driver to make their job easier.

 

I run local. Usually stay within 100 miles of my home base. But, I log as OTR as per my company. It was annoying at first but then realized it made my life a lot easier, since now, when I DO have to go outside of 100 mile radius, I don't have to think or worry about it. It's covered. Good habit to be in anyways as far as I see it.

 

Operating under the local exception (under 100 mile radius, return and go off the clock within 12 hours) just means you do not have to carry a log book for that day. It is NOT off-duty. Your work hours still count for the 11/14/60/70 rules.

You can only log sleeper berth when your carcass is actually in the sleeper.

"attending a commercial motor vehicle being loaded or unloaded, remaining in readiness to operate the commercial motor vehicle" is on-duty time. (395.2 definition of on-duty time)

 

I know that doesn't answer your question though. Seems CondoCruiser knows the reg's better than I.