Hi there, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about log books and for truck drivers
and bus drivers, the number one way that you're going to get a fine is a
violation in your log book. To keep in compliance with hours of service
regulations we're going to talk to you today about the graph. In the previous
video we talked about the information that goes around the graph and the
reasons why that information needs to be filled in and how to fill that
information. Today we're goingh to talk about the graph. So that if you get pulled into a
scale, or pulled over by authorities
you're not going to work for free. We'll be right back with that.
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Hi there, Rick, welcome back! Talking today about the log book in the graph on the log book As you
can see there are four lines on the log book: 1) the first line is off-duty. You are
not driving, you are not anywhere near the truck. The truck is parked and you are
away from the truck, that is the first line. Breaks are logged as off-duty time.
2) The next line is the sleeper. If you are logging time in the sleeper berth, it
must be a sleeper berth unit on a truck. That guy just ran over my face!
Did you see that? Bloody Volvo drivers? You can't be sitting in a seat or crouched
over the steering wheel sleeping and log it as sleeper berth time. It must be
a manufactured sleeper berth that is on the back of the truck with a bed unit in
it. 3) The next line is driving. Any time that you are behind the controls of the
vehicle, you are driving. Even if you're stuck in traffic and have been sitting
in congestion for two hours,
you are driving. So log it as driving time. 4) The last — number four on the graph
is on-duty, not driving. Any time that you are doing safety sensitive duties where
you responsible for the truck, the freight on that truck or on the side of the road
attending to a crash on-duty, not driving. Those are the four lines on the log book.
The first fundamental rule of log books: the ruler! Always use a straight edge; use
a ruler, get your bank card out - whatever you need to do to make the log book neat
and legible - write legibly. If you can't... if you're writing is not legible, print. But
use a ruler.
The line on the log book has to be a continuous line from midnight of the
previous day to midnight of the day in which you're working and logging
information. When you use a ruler and you draw the graph, as you can see here in
the video, put a point where you're going to draw the line to, put your ruler on, draw
to the point. That will help you to make sure that you draw the line to the exact
space of seven fifteen, eight o'clock or whatever it is. So use the point.
In conclusion, today we talked about the lines on the log book—the graph lines—1) off-duty
2) sleeper berth, 3) driving time, 4) on-duty, not driving. Those are the four lines on the
on the log book. Off duty and sleeper berth time are both off duty lines,
however, sleeper berth time is in a unit that has a sleeper berth unit on it. You can't
can be sleeping in a seat, can't be slumped over the steering wheel, can't have
a piece of plywood between the front seats - doesn't count.
Sleeper berth unit. If you like what you saw here, the complete course is over at my
website. You can find the link here. Head over there. Information, additional
written down information for rules of log books, quizzes—multiple choice, true
false—exercises—there's three exercises that you can do to fill out log books,
thed maps are included and all of the details to fill out a logbook. And at the end you'll
get a certificate of completion. All of that for less than $25. I'm Rick with
Smart Drive Test. Thanks for watching.
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