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Channel 19

Owner-operator using ELDs finds operational benefit

After some time on ELDs, Gary Buchs doesn’t exactly sing the praises of the devices, but he does maintain that utilizing ELDs for hours of service recording has freed him in some ways to better dispatch himself and focus on profitable loads and operation generally.

June 7, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

Supreme Court rejects trucker’s request to intervene in ELD lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a trucker’s formal request to intervene in the lawsuit brought against the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate, siding with a lower court that also barred the trucker from intervening in the case.

June 7, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD market: The ‘wait-and-see’ approach to implementation

A third of owner-operators surveyed indicate they would wait a considerable time — most pending outcome of OOIDA’s lawsuit — before making a decision on just what to do relative to ELD acquisition.

June 7, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

Picking an ELD amid a crowded market, uncertain government registry

Unless the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s lawsuit derails the electronic logging device mandate, you’ll need to use an ELD by Dec. 16, 2017, with some exceptions. Most notable is owning a truck with a 1999 or earlier model year, though there are others (see the following link and the sidebar below): Owner-operators leasing to large […]

June 6, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA gets two extra weeks to issue response to ELD court challenge

FMCSA must now issue its response by June 15. The plaintiffs in the case, which includes the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and truckers Mark Elrod and Richard Pingel, under the new schedule now have until June 29 to file a court response to the agency’s brief.

June 1, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

FleetUp ELD’s self-certification review completed

FleetUp has completed a review with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for the ELD mandate, the company says.

June 1, 2016

Channel 19

E-log transition, week 5: The perils of advice in trucking

Rolling along with Wes Memphis in his e-log transition, Memphis logs in a little early, precipitating a violation: “Now, to me, the most important thing about being a truck driver is knowing how to read between the lines” of any advice …

May 31, 2016

Channel 19

How ELDs could be the new radar guns

If the SFD process as proposed becomes regulation, and the ELD mandate isn’t struck down by the federal courts or otherwise derailed, on-site auditors may garner an extra-effective tool in their arsenal for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis of hours, moving violations.

May 26, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs and privacy: Will requirement to track truckers derail DOT mandate?

The legal challenge against the DOT’s electronic logging device mandate centers on the rule’s requirement to track truckers within a one-mile radius while on duty, which opponents say violates truckers’ Constitutional rights. Will the court agree?

May 25, 2016

Channel 19

E-log transition, week 4: Wes Memphis gets a pay raise, pain and a little more speed in time for a well-needed vacation

Wes Memphis again contemplates packing it in, then: “I decided to just go see the doctor when I got home, and try to make the best of it. Because, like a lot of the old boys out here, this is really all I’ve got.”

May 20, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA declines to file response to motion asking Supreme Court to hear ELD lawsuit

The latest on the renegade effort (of sorts) by trucker William Trescott to intervene in the OOIDA-brought lawsuit seeking to strike down the DOT’s electronic logging device mandate. Trescott this month asked the Supreme Court to take up the matter.

May 16, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA standing up vetting process for ELD certifications

After issues found in some of the initial certifications, FMCSA is starting a pre-publication vetting process for further electronic logging device registrations and certifications to be included in its ELD registry.

May 11, 2016