Section 19: Contents of daily log

Ontario

Hours of Service

Part VI -- Recordkeeping

19. (1) A driver shall, at the start of each day, enter the following information in the daily log:

1. The driver's name.

2. The date.

3. The name of the driver's co-drivers, if any.

4. The start time of the day being recorded, if the day does not start at midnight.

5. The cycle that the driver is following.

6. The odometer reading, at the start of the day, of the commercial motor vehicle to be operated by the driver.

7. The number of hours of on-duty time and the number of hours of off-duty time, within the meaning of this Regulation, that the driver accumulated each day during the 14 days immediately before the start of the day, for which the driver was exempt from this Regulation and not required to keep a daily log, recorded in the "Remarks" section of the daily log.

8. The number plate of each commercial motor vehicle to be driven and each trailer to be drawn by the driver on the day.

9. The name of the operator for whom the driver is to drive during the day.

10. The addresses of the driver's home terminal and of the principal place of business of the operator for whom the driver is to drive during the day. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 19 (1).

(2) A driver shall, over the course of each day, enter the following information in the daily log:

1. The start and end times for each duty status during the day.

2. Each city, town, village or highway location and the province or state where the driver's duty status changes. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 19 (2).

(3) A driver shall, at the end of each day, enter the following information in the daily log:

1. The total time spent in each duty status during the day.

2. The odometer reading at the end of the day.

3. The total distance driven by the driver. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 19 (3).

(4) A driver is not required to record the information described in paragraph 7 of subsection (1) for any day for which the driver carries copies of the records required to be kept by the operator under subsection 18 (3). O. Reg. 555/06, s. 19 (4).

(5) If the driver is on duty within a municipality such that a number of periods of driving time are interrupted by a number of periods of other on-duty time of less than one hour each,

(a) instead of recording the information described in paragraph 1 of subsection (2), the periods of driving time may be combined and the periods of other on-duty time may be combined;

(b) the driver is not required to record the information described in paragraph 2 of subsection (2) with respect to the periods that have been combined under clause (a); and

(c) the driver shall enter on the graph grid of Form 1 the municipality in which he or she is on duty. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 19 (5).

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