Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-6-.05

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 770-X-10-.17-6-.05 - Driver's Daily Log

(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.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 770-X-10-.17-6-.05

Effective January 1978. Filed with LRS February 5, 2013. Filed for Codification in the Alabama Administrative Code by the Alabama Public Service Commission on February 5, 2013, pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 41-22-7.

Author: Alabama Public Service Commission

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 37-3-5, 37-3-7, 37-3-22.