An owner-operator's message to regulators about EOBRs

Mar 24, 2012

Owner-operator Ken Stewart told federal regulators what he would do the day he is forced to put an electronic onboard recorder in his truck. View his statement to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration panel at the Mid-America Trucking Show Friday morning (below) and read what others had to tell FMCSA about EOBRs and hours of service.

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