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Electronic Logging Devices
ELDsâ impact under study by C.H. Robinson/Iowa State University
With a white paper due as early as October, the broker is working with researchers to help the industry understand what ELDs could mean for hours, what productivity/capacity issues would result and what improvements could be made to ease the transition.
August 29, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD citations, fines begin Dec. 18, but inspectors wonât enforce OOS criteria until April
Inspectors and roadside officers will begin documenting ELD violations on the Dec. 18 deadline, and citations will be issued to drivers âat the jurisdictionâs discretion,â CVSA says. The 10-hour out-of-service order associated with non-compliance will begin April 1, 2018.
August 28, 2017
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Electronic Logging Devices
Roadside with ELDs: Â Inspectors talk leeway on exemptions, DOT officials on malfunctions
Roadside inspectors, at least in Texas, will give drivers the âbenefit of the doubtâ when it comes to verifying electronic logging device mandate exemptions in the months following the Dec. 18 ELD adoption deadline.
August 27, 2017
Overdrive Radio
âBenefit of the doubtâ to the driver on the ELD mandate: Texas sergeant urges officers âpuntâ in questionable situations
In this Overdrive Radio podcast, listen in on a conversation with Texas Sergeant Dana Moore at GATS about roadside hours reality and ELDs post-mandate. Plus: Todd Amen on the burgeoning freight economy, tunes from trucker-songwriter Michael LochmillerâŚ
August 26, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD clarifications: Dual accounts, edits, âunidentified drivingâ
Two officials from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday addressed driversâ questions and concerns regarding the coming electronic logging device mandate, touching on topics like record retention, the two types of ELD accounts, edits to logs and more.
August 25, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
New Garmin commercial nav unit interoperable with Garmin ELD
Break planning and dispatch tools are enabled by the connection, with Garminâs commercial-nav features enhanced. The new Dezl 580 LMT-S is being introduced with a suggested retail of $299.99.
August 24, 2017
Business
Hours, brake violations top Roadcheck out-of-service orders
The top three driver-related violations were for hours of service (32.3 percent of driver out-of-service violations), wrong class license (14.9 percent) and false log book (11.3 percent).
August 22, 2017
Business
Trump EPA eyes changes to tractor-trailer emissions regulations
EPA said in a brief announcement Thursday that it will ârevisitâ the so-called Phase 2 emissions standards related to trailers and glider kits, citing âsignificant issues raised by stakeholders in the trailer and glider industry.â
August 18, 2017
Business
Drivewyze adds North Dakota to weigh station bypass service
Truck drivers now have bypass opportunities at 13 approaches to seven fixed weigh stations, as well as eight mobile sites, for a total of 21 locations in the state.
August 17, 2017
Voices
An ELD rate boost? Maybe, but look out for the safety banana peel
âThe real tragedy is the runaway economic and safety burden will fall on an unsuspecting public at a time when economic stress has been at an all-time high since the Great Depression.â âreader and truck owner Gary Carlisle
August 17, 2017
Channel 19
Answering ELD questions: Texas-enforcement panel at GATS
What questions would you put to Sergeant Dana Moore and Lieutenant Monty Kea in Dallas next week? And: An update on anti-ELD mandate grassroots efforts from the ELD or Me group and others.
August 17, 2017
Regulations
Trucker shut down following fatal crash, âegregiousâ hours-of-service violations
Virginia State Police found in their investigation that Carlos Alberto Garcia had been on-duty and driving for more than 103 hours over the previous eight days at the time of the crash, with only one 10-hour off-duty period taken.
August 16, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Logging in the ELD environment: Annotations/notes section is driverâs friend when âweird situationsâ arise, FMCSA says
ELD exemption questions, personal conveyance circumstances, yard moves, more: In âany weird situation,â said FMCSAâs Joe DeLorenzo, âannotate it in the driverâs record [so that the situation] would be clear if somebody asked you for it.â
August 16, 2017
Business
FMCSA defends informal notice, partial exclusion of media at public meetings
Discussion topics of the meetings, as publicized by FMCSA last week, include prominent trucking regulations like the electronic logging device mandate, the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program and other safety regulations.
August 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
American Road and Transportation Builders support ELD exemption, stress 14-hour-rule issues as well
ARTBAâs support for the Pipe Line Contractorsâ request for an ELD exemption re-stressed the largely short-haul construction operatorsâ long support for an exemption from the hours rules entirely for transportation construction companies.
August 15, 2017
Business
Top Dem in Senate urges FMCSA to âreverse courseâ on sleep apnea rule
The agencyâs rule, which it formally scrapped last week, would have set in place criteria for medical examiners to use to determine which drivers should be referred for sleep apnea tests. The Senateâs top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, has called on FMCSA to resume the rulemaking process.
August 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
PeopleNet registers ELD with FMCSA
Company Product Vice President Eric Witty, speaking at the companyâs user conference emphasized PeopleNetâs status as a âpioneerâ in e-logs. He also didnât completely rule out the potential success of the ELD Extension Act of 2017 â though he believes that potential is very small.
August 14, 2017
Channel 19
ELDsâ weak links, redux
How the DC Transport fleet solved the issued of dropped Bluetooth connections between the ECM plug-in device and operatorsâ busy smartphones â dedicated tablets for logs.
August 14, 2017
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