Alabama Administrative Code › Title 770 - ALABAMA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION › Chapter 770-X-10 - MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL ORDERS AND REGULATIONS PAMPHLET NO. 2003 › Section 770-X-10-.17-6-.05 - Driver's Daily Log

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
					Except as provided in 770-X-10-.17 -6-.01(2) every motor carrier shall require
					that a driver's daily log shall be made in duplicate by every driver used by
					him or it and every driver who operates a motor vehicle shall make such a log.
					Failure to make logs, failure to make required entries therein, falsification
					of entries, or failure to preserve logs shall make both the driver and the
					carrier liable to prosecution. Driver's logs shall be prepared and retained in
					accordance with the provisions below.
(2) Entries to be current. Drivers shall keep
					the log current to the time of the last change of duty status.
(3) Entries made by the driver only. Except
					that the name and principal place of business address of the carrier may be
					printed, all entries shall be made by the driver in his own
					handwriting.
(4) Date. Enter month,
					day, and year of each calendar day on or off duty.
(5) Total mileage. Total mileage entered
					shall be that mileage traveled while driving, on duty but not driving, and
					resting in sleeper berth during the day covered by the log. Mileage while
					driving shall be shown separately.
(6) Vehicle Identification. The carrier's
					vehicle number or numbers or the State and license number or numbers of each
					vehicle or unit of a combination operated during the calendar day shall be
					entered.
(7) Name of Carrier. The
					name or names of the carrier or carriers shall be that or those for which duty
					is performed. When work is performed for more than one carrier on the same
					calendar day, the beginning and finishing time, showing A.M. or P.M., worked
					for each carrier shall be shown after each carrier name. Drivers of leased
					vehicles shall show the name of the carrier performing the
					transportation.
(8) Driver's
					Signature. The driver shall certify to the correctness of the log by signing
					his first name and last name in full and his middle initial, if any. Below the
					driver's signature he shall list the initials and last name of each
					co-driver.
(9) Home Terminal. The
					driver's home terminal address shown shall be that at which he normally reports
					for duty.
(10) Time Base to be
					used. The log shall be prepared, maintained, and submitted using the time
					standard in effect at the driver's home terminal, for a twenty-four calendar
					day beginning at midnight.
(11)
					Line 1, Off-Duty. Except for time spent resting in a sleeper berth, a
					continuous line shall be drawn between the appropriate time markers to record
					the period or periods of time when the driver is not on duty, not required to
					be in readiness for work, or is not under any responsibility for performing
					work.
(12) Line 2, Sleeper Berth. A
					continuous line shall be drawn between the appropriate time markers to record
					the period or periods of time off duty resting in a sleeper berth.
(13) Line 3, Driving. A continuous line shall
					be drawn between the appropriate time markers to record the period or periods
					of time on duty driving a motor vehicle.
(14) Line 4, On Duty Not Driving. A
					continuous line shall be drawn between the appropriate time markers to record
					the period or periods of time on duty not driving.
(15) Remarks. The appropriate time marker and
					the name of the city, town, or village, with State abbreviations, or place at
					or near which each change of duty occurs, shall be recorded, such as the place
					of reporting for work, starting to drive, on duty not driving, and where
					released from work. Show the transportation performed each day by entering a
					shipping document number or numbers, or name of a shipper or
					commodity.
(16) Total Hours. The
					total hours in each duty status: Off duty other than in a sleeper berth; off
					duty in a sleeper berth; driving; and on duty not driving shall be entered, the
					total of which entries shall equal twenty-four hours.
(17) Origin and Destination. The name of the
					place where a trip begins and the final destination or farthest point shall be
					shown at the bottom of the log. If the trip requires more than one calendar
					day, the log for each day shall show the origin and final destination. If a
					driver departs from and returns to the same place on any day, the destination
					shall be indicated by entering the farthest point reached followed by the words
					"and return."
(18) Filing Driver's
					Log. The driver shall forward each day the original log to his home terminal or
					to the motor carrier's principal place of business. When the services of a
					driver are used by more than one carrier during any calendar day, the driver
					shall furnish each such carrier a copy of the log containing full and complete
					entries including: the entry of all duty time for the entire day; the name of
					each such carrier served by the driver that day; and the beginning and
					finishing time, showing a.m. or p.m., worked for each carrier. Motor carriers,
					when using a driver for the first time or intermittently, shall obtain from the
					driver a signed statement giving the total time on duty during the immediately
					preceding seven days and the time at which such driver was last relieved from
					duty prior to beginning work for such carrier.
(19) Retention of Driver's Log. Daily logs
					for each calendar month may be retained at the driver's home terminal until the
					twentieth day of the succeeding calendar month and shall then be forwarded to
					the carrier's principal place of business where they shall be retained for
					twelve months from date of receipt. The driver shall retain a copy of each
					daily log for thirty days, which shall be in his possession while on
					duty.
Author:
Alabama Public Service Commission
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
							1975
, §§
										37-3-5,
							37-3-7,
							37-3-22.