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Friday came and went and I didn’t have to pay anyone.
I posted my comment to emphasize, with the offer of real money on the table, Old School’s two well-made points. First, if it’s company policy, it's generally in writing somewhere. Second, anything that dispatch tells you over phone, confirm it with a Qualcomm message. Let’s say dispatch tells you to use PC to drive to the receiver because you ran out of hours. Fine. Send a message to him or her saying “just to clarify, you want to use PC to drive to the receiver for this delivery.” I’ll bet you get a message back. “No. just deliver after your 10-hour break.”
Qualcomm:
Omnitracs (a.k.a. Qualcomm) is a satellite-based messaging system with built-in GPS capabilities built by Qualcomm. It has a small computer screen and keyboard and is tied into the truck’s computer. It allows trucking companies to track where the driver is at, monitor the truck, and send and receive messages with the driver – similar to email.New Reply:
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James, are you putting in notes for the reason you've changed duty status? Whenever I change to on duty status I put in notes describing the reason I'm on duty. It might be "fuel stop" or "arrive at consignee." I simply put "pre-trip inspection" when doing my inspections.
It's a good practice to show your reason for a duty status change. You are supposed to account for not only the change in status but also the reason and location. Fortunately your ELD automatically gives the location. It also gives you the ability to provide the reason.
Pre-trip Inspection:
A pre-trip inspection is a thorough inspection of the truck completed before driving for the first time each day.
Federal and state laws require that drivers inspect their vehicles. Federal and state inspectors also may inspect your vehicles. If they judge a vehicle to be unsafe, they will put it “out of service” until it is repaired.
Consignee:
The customer the freight is being delivered to. Also referred to as "the receiver". The shipper is the customer that is shipping the goods, the consignee is the customer receiving the goods.