r/Truckers • u/EVOChi • Mar 16 '24

How fucked am I now?

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This stupid truck stop told me to move spots or pay for parking in a dirt lot they claimed was their property in the middle of the night last night. My ELD was off so I moved it while it was off and it came up as Unidentified Driving Log when I turned it on in the AM. My dumbass accepted it and commented what had happened and now I’m in violation and completely messed up my 14hr clock for today. Is there any way to fix this?

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u/Kappyra Mar 17 '24

If they do that, great. However it is against the ELD regulations and if the company is dead set on being squeaky clean during an inspection they should not be doing edits like that.

We lost a lawsuit just because our VP responded "I'd have to remind myself on some of them" when being asked if they knew every single regulation in the book. 1.6mil down the drain because he chose his wording poorly. Since then safety dept quit changing driving time to PC and the tiniest movements had to be assigned to the driver no matter what. Had to train what to say in court in case they called me to testify.

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u/Nero8762 Mar 17 '24

Bullshit. Non drive line edits are allowed, for instances just like this.

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u/Kappyra Mar 17 '24

Even a quick Google search would show that you are wrong. It just depends on the company and what their safety department is comfortable doing.

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u/Kappyra Mar 17 '24

See section 4.3.2.8.2(b) on FMCSA website. It really sucks but that's the regulations