Limit inspectors from viewing more than eight (8) days back
Law enforcement, officers, police should be restricted.
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nathan commented
If you do it right, you have nothing to hide. I hand the officer a 3-ring binder with the entire year of logs! i even printed a nice cover for the outside of my "log book". Only twice have officers lifted the first page to peak at the second before handing it back. neat computer printouts and a full year of logs makes any officer think "this guy clearly isn't trying to hide anything..." Besides, what officer is going to wade through THAT much paper unless you were dumb enough to have already pissed him off?
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Lyle Puckett Trucking commented
I keep the whole stack together, and show the officer the stack, then I ask what is the cutoff day that he would like to see. Then give him those days.
They are not allowed to ask to see more than the 8 days. But if you offer them to him, he can look at them, and if he can find anything wrong in the other days, he can cite you. -
Jaysen commented
That's why you only keep your last seven days of printed copies available. The rest ought to be filed away somewhere on the truck. If you are letting inspectors use your laptop to view your logs it's no different from keeping other paper logs on the the rings in a binder. You grant permission for them to examine <any and all> documents you provide.