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Electronic Logging Devices
What a difference a day makes: Where rates could spike
Where to look for the most likely ELD effect on rates? High-volume lanes between 500 and 750 miles, which analysts call the “dangerous lanes.” It’s those where load/unload hiccups or in-transit delays easily can extend a one-day haul into a second day.
August 10, 2017
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ELDs’ capacity squeeze assumption no. 2: Flight from the industry
Will owner-operators and other drivers leave the industry in large enough numbers to produce a significant capacity shortage in the spot market, driving up rates? Some believe so — long as stated intentions become reality — while skepticism is prominent as well.
August 8, 2017
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Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: What’s your level of concern over hacking/security risks and ELDs?
This poll probes the extent of worry over the outside potential for a truck’s computer-system infiltration through an ECM plug-in device, like an ELD. Reports and device makers suggest risk is minimal without physical infiltration, though malicious programmers abound …
August 8, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs’ capacity squeeze assumption no. 1: Fewer miles
Examining the assumptions behind the varying predictions of the post-ELD mandate demand situation. If some predictions come to pass, there’s reason to believe rates may rise enough to be a notable reward from an unwelcome imposition.
August 7, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELDs on the market today
With many more ELDs having self-certified, here’s the most recent update to Overdrive’s electronic-log comparison chart, offering quick looks at more than 50 electronic logging devices on the market ahead of FMCSA’s ELD mandate compliance date.
August 2, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA: Pre-2000 ELD exemption applies to engine model year, not chassis
Owner-operators with trucks equipped with model year 1999 engines and older will not be not subject to the electronic logging device mandate, regardless of the model year of the truck, according to fresh guidance from FMCSA.
July 28, 2017
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ELD delay faces big hurdles, even with added co-sponsors
Despite a bill being introduced this month to delay the ELD mandate, Congress appears reluctant to tackle the issue. ATA is also adamant there’s little support for the measure among lawmakers.
July 27, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Universal providing TransFlo ELDs to its owner-operators at no cost
Universal Logistics, one of the country’s largest carriers and operator of Universal Truckload, Universal Dedicated and Universal Intermodal, will provide electronic logging devices to its 3,500 owner-operators free of charge, the company announced Tuesday.
July 25, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
C.H. Robinson makes One20 F-ELD available to owner-operators at discounted price
A new agreement between trucker-focused mobile app company One20 and third-party logistics provider C.H. Robinson will allow carriers with fewer than 10 trucks contracted to C.H. Robinson to receive One20’s F-ELD device at a discounted price.
July 24, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Weak links can hamper app-based ELDs
Many ELD systems based on smartphone or tablet apps fall in the category of “bring your own device.” Because most rely on cellular and Bluetooth connections, BYOD systems can be more prone to connectivity problems.
July 21, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Out-of-service conditions related to ELDs
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s updated out-of-service criteria include those related to electronic logging devices. None are new OOS conditions. Rather, they’re footnotes related to current OOS conditions having to do with the hours of service, namely having no log book, having no previous seven days of logs and presenting a false log. All require putting the driver OOS for 10 consecutive hours.
July 19, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Pilot Flying J offering ELD special through August
Pilot Flying J announced Wednesday it is now offering the Pegasus TransTech Transflo ELD T7 at all of its locations for $99 through the end of August.
July 19, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Bill to delay ELD mandate two years filed in House
If enacted, owner-operators would have two additional years, to December 2019, to switch from paper logs to an electronic logging device. The bill has hurdles to clear before becoming law, however.
July 19, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Presenting logs with ELDs at roadside
Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, states’ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.
July 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Efforts to change ELD mandate for smaller carriers gain steam in Congress
A panel of lawmakers in the U.S. House on Monday issued a report advising FMCSA to study whether a “full or targeted delay” of the federal ELD mandate is warranted.
July 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA adds tool for ELD makers to test units’ roadside data transfer capabilities
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has added an online tool that allows manufacturers of electronic logging devices to test whether their records of duty status (RODS) files will transfer properly to enforcement officers during roadside inspections.
July 18, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
BigRoad DashLink ELD price drops for owner-ops
In the wake of the company’s March sale to Fleet Complete company, BigRoad has reduced the price of its DashLink electronic logging device to $19.50 a month for owner-operators.
July 13, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD Ratings website offers e-log reviews
The ELDRatings.com website was created with intent to be a “central community resource where fleets and drivers can learn about ELDs and get help choosing the best product for their business,” says site principal Ben Ramsay, also tech VP at Tradewinds Logistics.
July 12, 2017
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