Section 22: Recording device-generated daily log

Ontario

Hours of Service

Part VI -- Recordkeeping

22. (1) A driver may make a daily log by using a recording device installed in a commercial motor vehicle, if the device,

(a) automatically records time and movement for the vehicle;

(b) automatically records and indicates the number of times it is disconnected and keeps a record of the time and date of these occurrences;

(c) keeps track of and records the total on-duty time remaining in the driver's cycle and the total on-duty time accumulated in the driver's cycle;

(d) stores all the information required to be kept under section 19, as well as the information required to be recorded by clauses (a), (b) and (c); and

(e) can display the stored information in a readable and understandable format on demand. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (1).

(2) The recording device may be an electric, electronic, telematic or other device. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (2).

(3) If a driver uses a recording device to make a daily log, the driver shall enter into the device all the information required by section 19, at the start of, over the course of and at the end of the day as required by that section, that is not automatically recorded and stored by the device. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (3).

(4) If a driver uses a recording device to make the daily log, the device must be capable of printing the daily log in an understandable format or the driver must be able to prepare a handwritten daily log from the information stored in the device. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (4).

(5) If a driver prints a daily log from the recording device or prepares a handwritten daily log from the information stored in the device, he or she shall date and sign each page, attesting to the accuracy of the information recorded on it. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (5).

(6) A handwritten daily log generated from the information stored in a recording device must include a duty status graph grid in Form 1. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (6).

(7) For greater certainty, the information stored in the recording device is itself a daily log for the purposes of this Regulation. O. Reg. 555/06, s. 22 (7).

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