Quick How To - Geotab ELD, End Of Day, Swap Vehicles/Drivers | Scribe

    Quick How To - Geotab ELD, End Of Day, Swap Vehicles/Drivers

    • Tyler Watson |
    • 45 steps |
    • 3 minutes

      Taking a Vehicle from Another Driver Who Is Still Assigned.

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      Make sure they are following these steps to take a vehicle from another driver. This should automatically assign it to them and any drive from that point on should be under the new driver. If this is not happening it could be a bigger issue support needs to get involved in.
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      Locate the Vehicle you will be driving either by nearby location or by name
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      Tip! A vehicle may not automatically pop up on this list if it is already assigned to another driver, however, you should still be able to enter the name of the vehicle in the search bar and claim it from another driver.
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      Click the vehicle to claim it
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      This message will pop up and will only appear if another driver is still connected to the vehicle.
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      Click "Yes" to claim the vehicle under the new driver.
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      Continue on as normal with Trailers, Shipments, inspection etc.

      End the Day / Disassociate From Vehicle

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      This should be done at the end of each day if possible to prevent the previous process of "stealing a vehicle from another driver" from needing to happen.
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      Click where the name of the vehicle is listed.
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      Click (X) to remove/disassociate your self as a driver. This should prevent anyone who drives after the fact from falling under the previous drivers logs.
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      Then Click "No vehicle" to continue the end of the day process
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      You will see here that there is NO VEHICLE assigned to this driver.
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      Then you will go off duty, AFTER you have dissociated your self from the vehicle. you have two options for going off duty.

      Option 1 - For Going Off Duty

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      Alert! Putting your self off duty will only change your status it WILL NOT REMOVE the driver from the connected vehicle. This must be done by following the steps 6-10 above.
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      Click HOS
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      Click "OFF" (you will notice at this point Drive/SB are not selectable because the driver is NOT CONNECTED to a vehicle. If they are still connected they will be able to select drive and it will be the same color as the off/SB buttons.

      Option 2 - For Going Off Duty & Preferred method.