FMCSR section 395.8, paragraph (f)(2), reads, “All entries relating to driver’s duty status must be legible and in the driver’s own handwriting.”ījorklund initially proposed that the FMCSA initiate a pilot program to study the use of the Driver’s Daily Log printed logs as legitimate driver’s duty status records.
Some inspectors, he said, “were interpreting the ‘letter of the law’ rather than the ‘spirit of the law,” when it came to the regulations on driver’s logs. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.įritz “Nick” Bjorklund, a software developer/trucker who created the software, called Driver’s Daily Log, has been waging a 10-month battle to get the federal government to consider the legality of his software. 5, 2002, via ) - Printouts from a popular free driver’s log program can be used in lieu of handwritten logs, according to a recent “regulatory guidance” from the U.S.
