Tag: EOBRs: Page 3

Business

‘One Continental’ offers more than truck tires

Continental introduces a new hybrid-application driver tire, a tire-pressure monitoring system and an EOBR, leveraging different company competencies to help owners save.

March 20, 2013

Channel 19

Dear American people: ‘You are about to be tracked 24/7’

Would you install an in-vehicle tracking device for an insurance discount? Most consumers wouldn’t, which makes all the talk of a vehicle-miles-traveled highway tax all the more mystifying.

March 9, 2013

Channel 19

The smell of an EOBR by any other name

If you’re an EOBR mandate supporter, is “electronic logging device” or “electronic log” any sweeter? Public debate over the mandate suggests, well, roses.

January 15, 2013

Electronic Logging Devices

Landstar moving toward electronic logs

The fleet’s new EOBR policy includes mandatory use for all new lessees with its Ranger and Inway fleets, and voluntary adoption for existing BCOs except in certain cases.

January 8, 2013

Voices

Coffee, costs, photos, repairing CSA: Reader roundup

Rounding up reader views both serious and whimsical as 2013 heats up — or cools down, as the case may be.

January 4, 2013

Voices

Reasons for the rise in truck-occupant crash deaths

Readers weigh in on root causes after NHTSA’s examination of crash statistics showed a sharp rise in truck occupant crash fatalities (20 percent) between 2010 and 2011.

December 18, 2012

Voices

Reader: ‘I’d drive naked!’ — More on in-cab facial video monitoring

Readers respond to the question “Would you drive if your carrier had a camera pointed at your face or the road?” Sound off yourself here.

December 6, 2012

Channel 19

Modest proposal: $65/hour, fair detention rate to protect small biz

A reader sees a need for mandatory detention pay to protect the small business trucking life from the continuing encroachment of big-business competition and government regulation in the form of tightening hours and EOBRs.

November 27, 2012

Channel 19

7 EOBR “myths” discussed

Fleet reps Allen Lowry of Central Refrigerated and Vincent Dinino Jr. provided a window on fleets’ real-world perspectives relatives to areas of contention around electronic onboard recorders for hours compliance.

November 20, 2012

Business

Smartphone-based bypass service integrates with Fleet Control

The Drivewyze PreClear bypass service is now offered with DecisionPoint Systems’ Fleet Control trucking management suite.

November 15, 2012

Channel 19

Obama, Romney show no substance on fuel prices

Take two of the Obama-Romney 2012 debate season offered no substance on the role of government in fuel prices, despite current efforts to rein in speculation: ultimately, there’s a reason for that.

October 20, 2012

Business

Computing the owner-operator business — Part 2

Part 2 of this series features explores the landscape for web-based models for trucking management software for small fleets and independents — and the mobile integration on the way.

September 21, 2012