§ 212. Records. Every driver of a motor truck or motor bus shall keep
and carry on the vehicle records showing the day and hour when and the
place where he went and was released from duty, whether in this state or
outside of this state. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of such
records and may require such other information to be shown thereon as he
shall deem advisable to insure the proper enforcement of this article.
Such records shall be exhibited to the commissioner, his
representatives, or to any peace officer, acting pursuant to his special
duties or police officer who shall demand to see the same and shall be
held available for further inspection for a period of sixty days within
the state of New York in an office designated by the owner. Failure to
produce such records upon demand shall be presumptive evidence of a
violation of this article relating to keeping such records. In any
prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of this article
such records shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the contents
thereof.