To begin, MasterELD’s Recap feature works off the 70 hours on-duty in rolling 8 days rule. As a day ends at midnight, the hours worked 8 days ago “drop off” and are “recaptured” and added to any available 70 hour on duty cycle hours, for use the following day.

It contains all the essential information about your car, such as the name and address of the registered keeper, the date it was first registered, number of previous registered keepers, the car’s Make and Model, colour and engine size.

Open Word and select “New” from the “Start” button. Scroll all the way down the template list on the left side of the dialog box and choose “More Categories.” A list of additional template categories will appear. Scroll down until you come to “Logs” and click on this category.

The best five car logbook apps, designed for Aussies, and compliant with ATO requirements are:

• GOFAR ATO-compliant Logbook App.
• Vehicle Logger.
• Driversnote App.
• ATO Logbook.
• Driver Direct Logbook.

Completing your driver’s daily logs correctly should be the first thing on your mind when your shift starts since FMCSA regulations require that logbooks are kept current, up to the last duty status change. This means that each time you go from off-duty to on-duty, you must fill out your driver’s log.

A drivers daily log is a type of document used to monitor and document the daily trips and activities that drivers do. The types of drivers who use this document are bus drivers, train drivers, company drivers, and taxi drivers. They need to record everything they’re doing to ensure that they’re doing their jobs well.

What is the 70-hour Rule? The 70-hour in 8 days rule (or 60 in 7) is the total time spent Driving and ON-Duty, and cannot exceed 70 hours in any 8-day period (or 60 hours in any 7-day period). In other words, drivers have a limited number of hours they can be ON-Duty per cycle (week).

Drivers may split their required 10-hour off-duty period: One off-duty period (whether in or out of the sleeper berth) is at least 2 hours long. One period of at least 7 consecutive hours spent in the sleeper berth.

To whom do the rules apply? The 60/70 hour rules apply to all drivers subject to the Federal Hours of Service limits.

Is the 34-hour restart rule mandatory? No, the 34-hour restart provision is not mandatory. The rule is simply one tool you can use to manage your drivers’ hours. Depending on your drivers and their preferences, a 34-hour restart may be the quickest way to reset their clocks and get back on the road.

The rule is designed to give drivers the required rest needed and the option of resetting their workweek clock to Day One, so they can begin driving again. For hours to qualify toward the 34-hour reset, drivers must spend them either off-duty or resting in their sleeper berth.

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Drivers may split their required 10-hour off-duty period, as long as one off-duty period (whether in or out of the sleeper berth) is at least 2 hours long and the other involves at least 7 consecutive hours spent in the sleeper berth. All sleeper berth pairings MUST add up to at least 10 hours.

Hours of Service violations, also known as HOS violations, is a common theme in the trucking industry. CMV drivers and fleet managers are often struggling with HOS violations, because penalties and fines for violating Hours of Service rules can quickly add up.

Any period in the sleeper berth of at least 8 consecutive hours does not count as part of the 14 hours, and, therefore, allows a driver to extend the time during which a driver could use their maximum 11 hours of driving.

Drivers do not have to keep a logbook, but their employer must keep accurate time records for 6 months that show: The time the driver reported for duty each day; The total number of hours the driver was on duty each day; The total time for the preceding 7 days.

The advice from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is that you should never buy a car without a V5 logbook, because the car could have been stolen, written off or have finance owing on it, or the seller might not legally be entitled to sell it.

As specified in the ELD rule, the following are not required to use ELDs (but carriers may choose to use ELDs even if they are not required): Drivers who use paper logs no more than 8 days during any 30-day period.

One-third of U.S. truck drivers still use paper logs to track hours of service despite the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, says a new survey with 2,400 respondents from Teletrac Navman a software provider for managing mobile assets. ELD adoption is high, but the technology’s use is low, the survey states.

Drivers Who Maintain RODS for Less Than 8 Days According to the ELD mandate though, if they are logging for less than 8 days in a 30-day cycle, they are exempt from the ELD rule. Said differently, if the driver breaks the short-haul exception less than 8 times in a 30-day cycle, they don’t need an ELD.

A DOT compliance audit is triggered after an accident, a roadside stop gone wrong, or other road violations. In many cases, a DOT audit is triggered by CSA scores. And when that call comes, you need to be ready with documentation. After all, if it’s not documented, dated, and readily available, it didn’t happen.

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As per the ELD mandate, short-haul drivers are exempt from the ELD mandate. However, despite being exempt from the final ELD rule, many short-haul fleets are installing ELDs with the same kind of urgency and focus.

The reason was that older engines did not have the same level of sophisticated electronics that could feed the needed data to the ELD. So whether you’re driving a 1998 truck with the original engine or you have a 2018 glider kit with a 1998 engine, you aren’t required to use an ELD.

The exemption was expanded six years ago, and as the U.S. Congress wrote it, the radius is “150 air miles.” But since we’re talking land transportation, that actually works out to 172.5 miles for a truck (an air mile is equal to about 1.15 land mile).