Whats a running board? In 27 years as a driver I've never heard of this!
Some depots remotely book on,telephoning another location to confirm they are there.Others do it face to face.We have both systems.There is usually a driver manager(or Driver Performance Manager on our route) at remote booking locations to ensure safety critical procedures are adhered to.
At manned depots there will be a "Foreman",usually referred to by this moniker,although the job title varies over the network.Ours are called DRMs,which means driver resource manager.