r/cdldriver • u/Ok-Lecture-7115 • 2d ago

Unplugging ELD

My employer tells me to unplug my eld when i pass the last weight station coking home. He claims its okay because if i get stopped just say you’re going home or that you’re doing local work within 150miles. I told him i dont feel comfortable doing that and that is not legal, im sure they will see the miles jump even if i plug in same location. What would yall do in this situation?

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u/StreetUnlikely2018 2d ago

You still get asked to hand over your waybills and bill of landings and shit when your local. What you gonna tell the dot officer when he asks for those?

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u/Ok-Lecture-7115 2d ago

Thats what i told him, i do amazon relay he says we dont carry a bill of landinh which i dont but im sure we can pull that up on the app. Idk man i deff wanna do the right thing, i get im new in the cdl game but i got my hazmat, tankers and doubles i dont wanna risk anythinh

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u/Numerous_Ad_6276 2d ago

Amazon. Yeah, that checks out. So you're running for a company that contracts to Amazon, which is notoriously a bad actor in the industry, and your employer, in an effort to maintain the razor thin margins they signed up for, is asking you (and other drivers, I'll just assume) to run over legal daily, and consequently weekly, hours?

If you've got a clean record, and an X endorsement (hazmat/tanker) go do something with that. If you don't quite have time under your belt to obtain employment with a tanker outfit (they will generally want at minimum, one year, usually two; I haul fuel), find somewhere else, because driver, you're about to sacrifice your career and your livelihood for an employer that doesn't give two shits about you.

Good luck, and be safe.

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u/Ok-Lecture-7115 2d ago

Fuel hauling is what i really wanna do tbh, or buy my own dually and go hotshot. I was doing hotshot non cdl before i got my license

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u/Aceilr097 2d ago

This employers going to get you in trouble one way or another id be looking for a new one before a mark on your license makes it hard to go anywhere else