My biggest problem with going back to paper while on the road with an ELD malfunction is the DOT requires previous 8 days when running paper and if ELD quits where do you get previous 8 days until you get back to office, I had that problem last week for 2 days.
your logs department should, and I will restate it "should", have access to up to the last 6 months of your logs. They should be able to email them to you so that you can be current with the last 8 days. I know with Werner, they wanted you to request your logs on the 1st of the month for the previous month, every 90 days (start of the Quarter) for the previous 90 days, and every 6 months (July 1 and January 1) so that you would have a hard copy for your records and for taxes (so you can claim per diem , if eligible).
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Per Diem:
Getting paid per diem means getting a portion of your salary paid to you without taxes taken out. It's technically classified as a meal and expense reimbursement.
Truck drivers and others who travel for a living get large tax deductions for meal expenses. The Government set up per diem pay as a way to reimburse some of the taxes you pay with each paycheck instead of making you wait until tax filing season.
Getting per diem pay means a driver will get a larger paycheck each week but a smaller tax return at tax time.
your logs department should, and I will restate it "should", have access to up to the last 6 months of your logs. They should be able to email them to you so that you can be current with the last 8 days. I know with Werner, they wanted you to request your logs on the 1st of the month for the previous month, every 90 days (start of the Quarter) for the previous 90 days, and every 6 months (July 1 and January 1) so that you would have a hard copy for your records and for taxes (so you can claim per diem , if eligible).
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Per Diem:
Getting paid per diem means getting a portion of your salary paid to you without taxes taken out. It's technically classified as a meal and expense reimbursement.
Truck drivers and others who travel for a living get large tax deductions for meal expenses. The Government set up per diem pay as a way to reimburse some of the taxes you pay with each paycheck instead of making you wait until tax filing season.
Getting per diem pay means a driver will get a larger paycheck each week but a smaller tax return at tax time.
We have a ton of information on our wiki page on per diem pay