Almost every driver that
has ever had an accident involving fatalities has had falsified logs. I'm going
to use this post to share and keep updating with stories of drivers or carriers
sentenced for HOS violations.
I agree that some of the regulations could be changed such as the
34 hour restart changes coming 7/2013. We recently had a driver who was stuck
out of state for 4 days and after his truck was fixed he headed back out. If
the new 34 hour restart were in effect he would have had to take another day
before his hours had reset.
I do not know all of the credentials of those suggesting and
passing the regulations but I just don't think some of them are realistic. I
think if a lot less falsifying went on it would leave a lot less need to keep
changing the regulations.
EOBR's are such a not bad thing if the company or
driver has a repetitive amount of HOS violations on his/its record, but
everybody should not be forced to have them.
More on this topic later for now I
will just post a few links.
North Carolina trucking company sentenced over faking HOS
Charter bus that injured 23 passengers not authorized for interstate service
FMCSA shuts down Kansas trucking company
Just a few for now I will post them as I find them.
