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Electronic Logging Devices
6 days until ELD mandate: Choosing the right unit for your operation
If you’re an independent owner-operator with only one truck, you’re likely to gravitate to a baseline-compliance electronic logging device without a lot of the bells and whistles that are available in fleet-management-focused systems.
December 12, 2017
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Short-term rental trucks land a short-term ELD exemption
TRALA requested in March a more permanent exemption from ELD use for short-term rental trucks. In October, FMCSA granted an ongoing exemption for rental trucks used for eight days or fewer, rather than 30 days. Rentals fewer than 30 days now get until mid-March to comply with the mandate.
December 12, 2017
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Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs put spotlight on the detention quagmire
The uncertainty around detention timing in live-load/-unload situations is perhaps the biggest potential problem for drivers and carriers using ELDs. It’s also one in which ELDs may be the best tool for combatting the issue, to the benefit of drivers and fleets.
December 12, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
One week until ELD mandate: Will e-logs restrict owner-operators’ mileage?
With the ELD mandate’s compliance date a week away, an examination of one of the chief assumptions of use of ELDs — that it will squeeze truckers out of mileage and drive up rates.
December 11, 2017
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POLL: Have you begun running with an ELD/AOBRD for e-logs?
With the ELD mandate’s Dec. 18 enforcement deadline less than a week out, some surveys have estimated as only half of truckers are ready for the deadline. What’s the status of your operation relative to e-logs, whether exempt from the mandate or not?
December 11, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
10 days until ELD mandate: Makers’ controls of data security
With just 10 days remaining for owner-operators to adopt an ELD, a look at the privacy safeguards instituted by e-log suppliers.
December 8, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Senators push for further delay of ELD compliance for livestock haulers
A bi-partisan group of 20 U.S. Senators has filed a letter with Senate leaders Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) expressing their support for a Congressional measure to give livestock haulers and insect haulers at least an extra 10 months to comply with the federal government’s electronic logging device mandate.
December 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD adoption by owner-operators upticks as mandate deadline nears
The number of small carriers, including owner-operators running fewer than five trucks, who report being in compliance with the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate spiked in recent weeks, according to polling figures from CarrierLists. See the numbers here…
December 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Dealing with hours violations beyond your control in ELDs
Recording hours with ELDs: State and federal law enforcement officials urge drivers to practice blunt honesty in special cases, using annotations on duty statuses and status changes to explain the situation in detail. In many cases, officer leniency could prevail.
December 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Voices and images from Monday’s ELD rallies
Several truck drivers in attendance for Monday’s “ELD Media Blitz” rallies voice their concerns over the electronic logging device mandate and issues the mandate will cause for drivers.
December 6, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
12 days until ELD mandate: A look at compliant devices with no monthly fees
For the owner-operator who’s certain to be a part of the industry for a long time and who wants simplicity at a low price, the devices available without a monthly subscription fee can be a good match.
December 6, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Will enforcement use ELD data for purposes beyond hours of service?
Some in the industry have worried ELD data would be used at roadside or by compliance-review auditors to uncover violations other than hours infractions. If it is, it will be a violation of Congressional directive.
December 6, 2017
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ELDs: What to expect from enforcement as the mandate descends
As of Dec. 18, states and their federal truck enforcement partners will begin issuing violations and citations, in some cases with fines, to those subject to the electronic logging device mandate who aren’t using e-logs. Practices will vary considerably for log checks with those devices.
December 5, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Driver rallies relay ELD concerns to media, public
Groups of owner-operators and other drivers gathered at various locations around the country Monday in opposition to the electronic logging device mandate as part of a so-called “ELD Media Blitz” to bring attention to security, economic and safety issues associated with the mandate.
December 4, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Indiana wants delay in ELD mandate due to concerns about FMCSA registry
Citing a bevy of concerns, Indiana’s attorney general has filed a request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to delay the Dec. 18, 2017, compliance deadline of the agency’s electronic logging device mandate. , Indiana AG Curtis Hill Jr. says the deadline, now weeks out, “would place undue burdens on drivers and operators,” arguing for “an immediate delay in the implementation of the new requirements.”
November 30, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
PrePass ELD self-certified in FMCSA registry
Help Inc., says its smartphone-based electronic logging device has been self-certified to meet all requirements of the U.S. DOT’s ELD mandate and has been added to the registry of available ELDs maintained by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
November 29, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD compliance guide: The spec’s your unit needs and a full chart of suppliers
From Overdrive’s in-depth report to ELD compliance: The basic spec’s required of devices — and a list of the suppliers and their units’ key features.
November 28, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD mandate: Engine ruling creates winners, losers
From Overdrive’s in-depth guide to ELD compliance: How FMCSA’s mid-game ruling on the pre-2000 exemption created winners and losers among the owner-operator segment.
November 27, 2017
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