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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

Voices

As industry groups laud FMCSA’s hours proposal, truckers offer mixed reactions

The proposal was met with quick praise from trade groups like the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association. However, reaction among Overdrive readers has been split, with some welcoming the proposed changes and others dismissing them.

August 14, 2019

Hours of Service

Stop the clock: Proposed hours of service overhaul would allow drivers to pause 14-hour countdown

FMCSA announced its proposal to reform hours of service regulations. Chief among the changes is the proposal to allow drivers to pause their 14-hour on-duty time for up to three hours, and expanding the split-sleeper option to 7/3, beyond the current 8/2. Full details here…

August 14, 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

Business

Cargo Chief’s evolution toward multi-broker freight platform

Utilizing a myriad of sources for the carrier-provided data it makes available to brokers to save time in the process of matching with carriers on available loads, Cargo Chief’s C4 2.0 platform hopes to make good on a goal of greasing the skids for all freight transaction parties.

August 8, 2019

Business

Verizon Connect adds navigation option

As of last Friday, customers with subscriptions to the Verizon Connect Reveal ELD and fleet management system can add-on a navigation service developed by the company, the Navigation mobile app.

July 29, 2019

Channel 19

Clarity on the difference beween an AOBRD and ‘electronic logging software’

An AOBRD, in many ways, is akin to an ELD — tethered in some way to the truck’s movement itself, so that, in motion, the record is not alterable. Most anymore accomplish that through an ECM link just like an ELD, and in some cases have much of the same functionality. ‘Electronic logging software,’ however…

July 26, 2019

Channel 19

Revisiting the soft-market banana peel — freight relationships paying off for some

Randy Carlson “will have had my operating authority for 25 years” come next May. Right now, “trucking is the best it’s been in that entire 25 years” in general terms, he says, despite the slowdown for so many in the spot market, illustrating the value of steady freight partners.

July 25, 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

Business

New products, tech to be showcased at GATS

The Featured Product Pavilion will showcase products including ELDs, telematics systems, equipment for trucks, products for drivers and more.

July 18, 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