Electronic Driver Logs: Miles Vs Kilometers

I am a new to this forum so please forgive me if I am in the wrong place. My question is when I am working in Canada, should I be tracking mileage in Kilometers vs Miles? And what happens when I leave Canada back into the US, should I track in Miles at that point, and do I need to go back and convert what was Kilometers back to miles, or should I just show both?

Any help would be much appreciated. What are the regulations, there's not a lot of information on this.

Welcome aboard Sue!!!

Unless something has changed recently I've always tracked everything in miles. I drove for a company for a year one time where I went into Canada two and sometimes three times a night to bring freight back across the border and we logged it exactly as we did in the U.S. And all of the OTR jobs I had where we ran Canada was the same thing. I didn't log it any differently with respect to miles vs kilometers.

You have to abide by the logbook laws of the territory you're in so be aware of the differences between Canadian and U.S. logbook rules. And by all means don't ask me what those differences are because it's been a few years since I've been up there and things may have changed. I know there are a few subtle differences but I can't remember the specifics.

But in the end, keep in mind too that you're not logging miles or kilometers, you're logging time. Indeed you can keep track of your miles but it's time that's being logged, not miles. But anywhere you're keeping track of distance use miles.

But in the end, keep in mind too that you're not logging miles or kilometers, you're logging time. Indeed you can keep track of your miles but it's time that's being logged, not miles. But anywhere you're keeping track of distance use miles.

Hey, since kilometers are a bit shorter than miles, maybe you could make some extra money, ya think? Just kidding . . .

Stephen E. Birch