What is the rule for having 7 days prior in your log book if you've taken time off at home?

Question

I have always thought that when you've taken enough time off at home to reset your 70 hours, that you did not have to have the last 7 days in your log book for a dot officer to inspect.

Answer 1

You are always required to be able to present the 7 prior days when requested by a law enforcement officer.     No changes were made to the logging rules,   just the hours rules that you have to log.  

You are permitted to log multiple days off as one.    In the comments section,  include all the days,  your status,  and location.    (ie.    June 3-7,  2008,    off duty,    Bugtussle,   Egypt)

You only need 34 hours to reset the 70 hour clock.    In my recap,  I signify a restart by placing a star in the lines where I would normally put the hours worked.   When adding my recap,   I know everything above the star needs not be counted.

Answer 2

They had such a hard time getting the new rules passed that they probably just forgot to take the 7 days prior rule out.

Answer 3

You have to have an up dated log book for the last 30 days if asked when you are stopped by a DOT officer.If you have been off for awhile then take a log sheet and just put down what days you have been off and do a restart.. say off duty 10 days and draw a line in the off duty column and put your days in the date space. They want to know what you have been doing and if you are not hiding anything then just write down what you have been doing. On your 34 hr restart then draw your 34 hours on the off duty line the first 24 then the next page then do 12 hours and then start your day then.

You do not need a 7 day restart. Just show time off duty and show your recap should be where you can drive again fresh with taking time off duty.

If you go on a vacation just draw a line on the 24 off duty and state how many days off duty and you are fresh to go again. The officer can not go back futher then 7 days to count your hrs on or off duty thats why some drivers always started a new log book with a 7 day off duty because that stops the officer from going any futher on their log book.

Just try to be current in all that you do and their are some drivers who still run two logs on leagal and the other for the officer to read and its legal to the officer who is reading it. I have done this kind of trucking for 26 years and never got a log book ticket at all and I ran by myself for years and ran fast trucks and just as far as I could drive then I would shut it down and start another log book. Now  a days you best to do it legal the best you can and you will do just fine.