does any one know if there is a program out there that i can you on my pc for printing logs?
Hi-tech truckers and paperless logs
· By: Drivers.com staff
· Date: 2004-10-15
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Some truck drivers don't have to pull out a pen and painstakingly log their driving times on paper. They hit a button on their keyboard and their log is automatically updated back at company headquarters. Werner Enterprises is a truckload motor carrier of general commodities in both interstate and intrastate commerce. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, it is the only carrier in the United States to receive authorization from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to initiate paperless logs using satellite-based technology.
Each of the company's trucks has a Qualcomm satellite-linked keypad and screen that connects the driver and the truck to the company's operations center in Omaha. Werner began installing Qualcomm satellite connections in its trucks in 1992. In 1995, the company began testing the Paperless Log System, while continuing use of the traditional paper logbooks. In 1998, The Federal Highway Administration officially authorized the company's adoption of the Paperless Log System and the paper logs were phased out.
"The logs are stored on the mainframe at the company's Omaha headquarters, says Mike Franzen, Werner's logging supervisor. When drivers gets back into the cab to drive they simply push the "Start Drive Time" button. When finished driving they hit the "Stop Drive Time" button. The information is transmitted to qualcomm in San Diego and then to Werner's computer for recording and storage.
The system has many advantages, for Werner Enterprises, its clients and the drivers. It includes GPS capability so that the truck's location is recorded as the drive’s information is transmitted. The information helps the company project drivers' estimated arrival times. It also helps drivers plan their trips more efficiently and improve customer service. Because of better planning, Werners maintains, the system enables managers to preplan and assign loads based on accurate, future, and available driving hours. This, they say, allows drivers to maximize their time on the road and increase their miles rather than decreasing them.
Werner has two "million dollar technology trucks" which it has equipped as instructional vehicles and sends around to truck driving schools across North America. 
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truck driver, on Wednesday, 11. November 2009 at 07:06 PM
tom, on Monday, 07. September 2009 at 02:36 PM
as far as I,m been hearing so far it will be mandatory in all of Canada within the next two years in which after 40 years I will have had enough of the ever rapid changes in the transport industry all being for them and none for us. Any one driving as long as I have will know what I,m talking about. As far as I'm concerned after seeing the past number of changes in the log book rules there are far more tired drivers then ever before. Now paperless? Less hometime and pissed off custumers being 2 hours away and can't deliver cause Qualcom says so!!
tom, on Monday, 07. September 2009 at 02:05 PM
I have driven transport for 41years now. I disapprove of the paperless logs for many reasons. It is now going to be implemented in Canada which is the main reason many highly qualified drivers are leaving the industry for hiring far less qualified drivers. I have seen personally from being a driver trainer at transport company,s the qualifications some of these new drivers have coming out of driver training schools. It leaves no dought that the future of the trucking industry is going to change. The dispatching will be the first to change. I don't like the idea that a driver will now have to spend more time on the road and less time at home and make no more money. Thank you
ann, on Tuesday, 04. August 2009 at 08:19 AM
how do you get around or bypass these things? I've heard just wrap it in aluminum foil. I've heard put a magnet on the unit? My dedicated route is 10 min between my house and the interstate. Sometimes construction backups make it very difficult for me to get my truck shut down on time. Thanks
Love Maker, on Sunday, 05. July 2009 at 02:15 AM
Im glad that they do have the paperless logbook. Sometime you might pull in a truck stop for the night and after a log trip you may not feel like doing your logbook so it will be already log in. Yes Judy it will be manitory for all trucks in the future. I am working on that now but it will be upgraded. It's going to be avalible for company drivers and owner operators you can buy it online or at a truck stop.
leo, on Saturday, 04. April 2009 at 08:39 PM
Well if u friggin do ur job and run ur hrs out everyday u wldnt have that problem! Thats just a lazy f@$kin truck driver thats set in his ways. Werner gives u plenty of time, i should know quite well. ive been with werner now for 14 yrs.
VetTrucker, on Friday, 06. March 2009 at 07:17 AM
The reason Werner went to paperless logs was that they repeatedly failed audits by the D.O.T regarding their driver's paper logs,and so came up with the paperless logs option to appease the D.O.T.My experience with a Werner dispatcher(before paperless) was that he was ridiculously demanding,i.e,that I must deliver the load NOW,even though I told him the frigging roads were closed due to a blizzard in North Dakota.I have talked to Werner drivers about the paperless logs and they hate it,saying it just makes things that harder on them,trying to deliver on time and have that stupid machine breathing down your neck.ALL TRUCKERS HAVE TO CHEAT A LITTLE SOMETIMES.NOTE THAT I SAID A LITTLE.The companies want and need you to do this,but are so concerned with CYA they will never have the b***s to tell you that in plain English.OUR WORLD(THE HIGHWAY) IS RULED BY LAWYERS,and so are the trucking companies.
Hauling 4 U, on Saturday, 14. February 2009 at 08:55 PM
looking for a price list
brian, on Tuesday, 10. February 2009 at 05:00 PM
I was a former (5 years) werner driver and really liked the paperless logs. For instance, when you stop for a break in a really unfamiliar area and forget how long you were there, the system automatically tracks your time and location. So stopping for rest at a reststop, offramp or wherever, no need to worry about where you are. the system knows. The only disadvantage is if you want to game the computer you have to plan ahead...which I learned to do but Id have to kill you to tell...haha
phillip, on Tuesday, 03. February 2009 at 01:45 PM
where can i find a paperless logs system for my personal use such as i can use in my own truck ?
longdrive09, on Thursday, 01. January 2009 at 03:26 PM
Our company is in trial basis with paperless logs. Us drivers feel that our pay is going to be cut in half. We also feel that the company is going to suffer as well as the drivers. Why because right now we drive to our loads and work on them up to three hours logging off duty. So I don't know, once we move our truck to our loads, doesn't the logs start? Most of us have multiple drops. When we hit the drop point we log only fifteen minutes on duty and up to two or three hours off duty. Now it will be all on duty at the drops and we won't make the entire run like we ussually do. There are many disadvantages to this paperless log stuff. What about if you are 30 minutes away or more from a safe truck stop and you have to stop on the side of an unsafe road because your qualcom tells you that you are out of hours. I am dissapointed in this decision and will probably move on to another company.
Mary, on Wednesday, 17. December 2008 at 06:55 PM
How do they treat there female drivers
Werner Disp., on Thursday, 13. November 2008 at 04:17 AM
We do not have the ability to turn off a truck's engine via a computer. If a driver goes over hours, they get in trouble, but the truck is still driveable to destination or safe haven.
Werner is a fantastic place to work.
Daddy O, on Saturday, 16. August 2008 at 01:43 AM
I'd like to see it used in reginal freight companies that are trying to run 200 plus miles from the yard and pedal 15 to 25 stops and back to the yard (in 14 hours)daily.
Aaron, on Monday, 04. August 2008 at 09:44 PM
IS Werner a good company to work for and if so do they stand by there "drive time being maximized"
jive, on Sunday, 13. July 2008 at 12:34 AM
Ive had paperless logs for a long time. I use wood logs in my fireplace, does anyone else?
john r linnell, on Wednesday, 19. March 2008 at 11:22 PM
yes panther is paperless and u.s xpress is some and will be all
frank, on Friday, 30. November 2007 at 04:31 PM
Does anyone know if Panther II is using paperless logs..
Ben, on Friday, 09. November 2007 at 05:11 PM
xyz what are you talking about. If you are going to call someone an idiot you should at least have the courage not to hide behind xyz and use a proper nickname like the rest of us.
xyz, on Friday, 09. November 2007 at 10:31 AM
Joe,
You're an idiot!
Joe, on Friday, 09. November 2007 at 10:05 AM
Don't they shut your truck off wheverer your at if you go over? I am a recruiter at a competitior and the number one reason people say they left Werner was paperless logs. I have heard of them shutting the truck down in traffic and making the drivers get a tow at their own expense rather than turning the engine back on.
WHO, on Wednesday, 21. March 2007 at 10:11 PM
Love paperless log system at
werner it save a lot of time
i also wish more companys had
it the paper less log is the
best thing about werner
bdf, on Saturday, 17. February 2007 at 09:19 PM
i love the paperless log system just wish more trucking companys had it besides werner
GMAC, on Saturday, 10. February 2007 at 03:35 PM
LOVED THE PAPERLESS LOGS AT WERNER.
NO PAPER LOG BOOK, NO INK PEN, NO RULER AND NO CALCULATOR.
HIT A BUTTON ON THE QUALCOMM UNIT WALK INTO THE TRUCK STOP FILL UP THE THERMOS AND HIT ANOTHER BUTTON AND OFF YOU GO.
KLH, on Sunday, 24. December 2006 at 03:58 AM
If they do become mandatory in the future hundreds of thousands of independant operators like me will be out of business due to the added expense of paying someone else (Qualcomm) to electronically keep records on my driving.
Will be the worst blow since Carter de-regulated trucking.
mjjp, on Friday, 15. December 2006 at 10:32 PM
I am sure it will catch on. This is great and hope all trucks and BUSES get the message.As an interstate bus driver it is a real pain to try to have to log when you cross state lines along with mileage etc and then at the end of the trip put it to paper with a ruler and pen.
Judy, on Friday, 17. November 2006 at 08:21 PM
Does anyone know if it is in the works, for paperless logs to be manitory in trucks in the near future?
