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Does the EOBR mandate have another problem?
Some believe the electronic on-board recorder mandate written in this year’s highway bill could well be impossible to achieve, given the legislation’s language defining the electronic logging devices.
July 11, 2012
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Channel 19
10 benefits of EOBRs
In the wake of the EOBR mandate’s inclusion in the 2012 MAP-21 highway bill, this round-up comes by way of the people at Xata Turnpike, makers of the RouteTracker EOBR.
June 30, 2012
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Channel 19
Some good news: Jason’s Law in the highway bill
In all the hubbub over the mandate for electronic onboard recorders included in the highway-bill language, it’s perhaps been easy to overlook some of better results for truckers and advocates, chief among them other language in the bill that, if it ultimately passes (as expected), brings to fruition nearly four years’ worth of advocacy that […]
June 29, 2012
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Channel 19
10 problems with EOBRs
These problems are among many noted by frequent Overdrive commenter E.F. McHenry as Congress considered an EOBR mandate ultimately included in the MAP-21 highway bill.
June 29, 2012
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Channel 19
EOBRs reportedly dropped, then back in highway bill
According to this report from Fox News, citing confidential sources knowledgeable of ongoing Senate/House conference committee work on final highway bill language, a deal has been reached that includes removal of the mandate for interstate carriers to use EOBRs for hours-of-service compliance. Here’s the language in the Fox report: “At the insistence of House Republicans, […]
June 27, 2012
Channel 19
EOBRs, broker bond in limbo as highway bill nears
If passed as drafted, MAP-21 would mandate EOBRs for virtually all interstate carriers and raise brokers’ minimum surety requirements to $100,000.
June 22, 2012
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Channel 19
Onboard recorder integrates with Google Earth
The PeopleNet company announced two weeks back that it had integrated some of the onboard data-recording capabilities of its EOBR units with Google Earth in order to provide back-office staff a bird’s eye, 3-D-type view of critical events. Check out the picture here, which appears to show acceleration/braking on a right-hand curve. “In direct response […]
June 19, 2012
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FMCSA nixes EOBR mandate, states looking for trucking options, U.S. trucker jailed in Mexico
June 1, 2012
Some Texas cities are looking at this conceptual freight-carrying system to reduce reliance on trucks.
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DOT still accepting EOBR, harassment commentary
FMCSA is still seeking public comment related to EOBR and their potential to harass drivers.
May 17, 2012
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Owner-operators back in the news on EOBRs
The latest is following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s formal removal of the remedial-directive rule, which would have required carriers with big hours compliance problems to install electronic onboard recorders. After being thrown out by the court last year, FMCSA’s finally removed it from the regs. A feature in the Bismarck, N.D., Tribune newspaper […]
May 14, 2012
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Business
Congress starts work to pass highway bill
House-Senate conferees have started work to pass the first multi-year surface transportation reauthorization legislation in seven years.
May 10, 2012
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Groups press Congress for electronic log mandate
ATA and others continue their march for a national electronic log mandate.
May 8, 2012
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