How I handled a load with tight HOS without falsifying the log

I'm sharing a field experience in trucking. I was working regional trucking with an ELD, delivery windows, and a shipper that loads late. When the shipper showed up, they were delayed, and my HOS was just enough to arrive without a violation. The symptom that made me investigate it seriously was that dispatch wanted to push, but the ELD was already showing little time available. I preferred not…