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Electronic Logging Devices: Page 5
Goodbye, AOBRD: ELDs’ final shift
90 days out from the ELD mandate’s final Dec. 17 deadline, many fleets and one-truck owner-operators with authority are delaying the transition from AOBRD-spec technology. ELD providers are hopeful for new customers among the small percentages of truckers switching providers during the transition.
September 17, 2019
My20 ELD: New Spanish-language version
The Konexial provider of the My20 electronic logging device announced the availability of a Spanish-language version of the ELD.
August 22, 2019
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Hours edits: Drivers in full control with ELDs
Office edits to a log, unlike with many AOBRD systems, will go to the driver for final approval under the ELD spec. Survey results show some carriers and drivers clearly appreciate the ability with many AOBRDs to bypass any driver-approval step in the log-edit chain.
August 21, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
The AOBRD-to-ELD shift: Data/edits and visibility at roadside
With AOBRDs, edits made in the back office as a general rule don’t present to the roadside officer. Under the ELD specification, however, data transmittal at roadside includes those edits. It also includes detailed records of the truck’s GPS positions, engine on-off records, engine hours and the like.
August 15, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
The mandate’s last roundup: The AOBRD-to-ELD shift
The final major deadline in implementing the electronic logging device mandate isn’t causing quite the stir as did the mandate’s initial effective date in 2017, yet for those grandfathered in to continue using AOBRDs, their impending sunset on Dec. 17 means adjusting to a device with a more rigidly detailed set of specifications that require some operational changes.
August 13, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
DriveELD adds in-app nav, fleet version
The DriveELD is out with some new functionality that come with mid- and higher-level tiers of subscription to its electronic logging device service.
July 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Rebate program for ELD purchase
As part of its various DriverConnect electronic logging device series of options, the Rand McNally company is offering online purchasers of its ELD50 baseline compliance device a $150 rebate, roughly the cost of the hardware, with purchase of three months’ worth of service,
July 23, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
FMCSA denies request to exempt small carriers from ELD mandate
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a request from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition that sought to exempt trucking companies with 50 or fewer employees from the electronic logging device mandate.
July 16, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Canadian ELD mandate looming, registration process could pressure U.S. registry
Though Canada’s ELD mandate — slated for enforcement in June 2021 — is similar to the U.S. mandate, there’s a key difference that likely will impact the U.S. market: Canada’s requirement that devices be certified by a third-party body, rather than the self-certification process in the U.S.
June 27, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
When ELD data sharing provides too much insight
The possession and use of massive amounts of data can change traditional balances of power in rates, negotiations and direct contracts. There’s potential for carriers’ information to be used against them, should brokers or shippers be able to establish the carriers’ operational patterns, among other drawbacks fueling some semblance of backlash.
June 27, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
More hopes and hazards: ELD data aggregation for advocacy, predictive maintenance, other uses
Some research organizations and even ELD providers are using aggregate ELD data to advocate for regulatory change or other industry purposes. Other providers are building potentially powerful predictive tools around maintenance, both of users’ trucks and the roads they operate on.
June 26, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
More ELD data hopes and hazards: Load matching efficiency improvements
A variety of players, including some ELD providers, are executing plans to use ELD hours data as a way to help put load offers in front of carriers that have drivers who not only are close to the load but also have sufficient on-duty hours.
June 25, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Hopes and hazards in using ELD data: Detention reduction
With wells of data at their fingertips, ELD providers are beefing up offerings to their customers, with potential to reduce wasted time and improve load choices. However, the privacy tradeoffs can cut into an operator’s competitive edge.
June 24, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Tracking-tech providers see new uses of ELD location data
Location data is some of the most valuable output from electronic logging devices, driving tracking services to make deals with ELD providers to allow users to opt into location-share connections with ELDs providing the tracking, with more functionality coming.
June 11, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Missing reins in an emerging marketplace for ELD data
Until regulations, legislation or court cases set guidelines for data privacy, “it’s kind of ‘what you sign up for is what you get,’ ” says Eric Witty of ELD supplier Trimble. “If you don’t read the fine print in an agreement you’re signing,” you might be giving a provider the right to freely share.
June 10, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Data sharing practices among leading providers of ELDs to owner-operators
Overdrive attempted to survey 14 ELD providers, representing those used by significant percentages of readers. As shown in this chart below of results from nine of them, none of the providers that answered questions were engaged in direct sales of individual customer data, but many do share aggregated, anonymized data with third parties and employ data internally.
June 6, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD data handling: ‘Privacy is paramount,’ but practices vary
An ELD provider that’s committed to integrity, some industry watchers suggest, will make obvious to potential customers any secondary or outside use of their data that’s granted through the service agreement. Likewise, the company would give customers a conspicuously simple way to opt out of unnecessary data sharing.
June 5, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
A gold rush for ELD data
As the trucking industry reckons with the value of information spewing from millions of trucks, issues of privacy, disclosure and ownership rights, including fair compensation, remain to be resolved.
June 4, 2019
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