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Business

Leeway to report a malfunctioning ELD

In June 2018, the FMCSA created an email address for use when requesting an extension beyond the allowed 8-days to repair or replace a malfunctioning ELD.

August 20, 2018

Overdrive Radio

A ‘malfunction junction’ where ELDs meet hours enforcement: Owner-operator Jon Hose’s OOS story

The independent shares his story of being put out of service with a false-log violation in Missouri early in June. The violation was a result of en-route malfunctions of his One20 F-ELD, and offers insights on how inspectors are handling en-route malfunctions, and how you can be prepared for one should it happen to you.

July 12, 2018

Business

Drivewyze issues more lengthy statement following Missouri state audit of competitor-related bypass conflicts of interest

Drivewyze disputes Help Inc.’s PrePass claims following Missouri state audit and announces plans to expand its weigh station bypass services in Missouri.

May 7, 2018

Overdrive Radio

Mailbag: Most readers feel ELDs have exacerbated parking issues

A run through the mailbag on Overdrive Radio with contrarians on and, mostly, true believers in the notion that the ELD mandate has exacerbated parking issues around the nation. And: A little detail on an hours-enforcement-with-ELD situation that begged for officer leniency, and none was to be had.

May 4, 2018

Channel 19

Parking since the ELD mandate — what have you seen?

Have you seen greater parking stresses since the ELD mandate came into play? Dial our podcast line at 530-408-6423 to weigh in with a message. From his perspective, awareness of the parking problem, certainly, has risen as a result, says Delaware Sgt. Walter Newton. Also a reminder: A smartphone app alone will not get you to all the way to an ELD …

May 3, 2018

Business

CVSA’s new working committee on crash data and investigations aims to establishment fairness, uniform practice

A motorist’s crash that didn’t touch a truck but ended up on a carrier’s record as a fatality because the motorist ended up deceased under the trailer highlights the pursuit of fairness in crash investigation with consistent reporting protocols that is among goals of CVSA’s new working crash committee.

April 27, 2018

Business

Many readers feel little change in clean inspections

While more clean inspections overall may well be the reality for inspections recorded in the federal Motor Carrier Management and Information System database, Overdrive’s audience of mostly owner-operators is more skeptical.

December 28, 2017

Channel 19

‘E-logs will cure everything, right?’

What they won’t cure, from hours violations incurred while passing full truck stop after full truck stop to overheated communication with inspectors to the sense of pride most longtime truckers take in their professional record. Also: ELD-specific enforcement update, OOIDA portal for any tickets received.

December 22, 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

Electronic Logging Devices

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

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

Business

Brake Safety Week intensifies this year to a single-day blitz

Save the date: Sept. 7 is Brake Safety Day this year. The International Roadcheck enforcement blitz is on its way in just more than a month, June 6-8. And later in the year, the activities around Operation Safe Driver Oct. 15-21 will target unsafe behaviors, including those of automobile drivers navigating around commercial vehicles.

April 24, 2017