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Electronic Logging Devices

Inside the ELD mandate

Overdrive editors Todd Dills and James Jaillet discuss the Dec. 10 announced rule requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices to maintain records of duty status, breaking down the rule’s general hardware spec’s, pre-2000 exemption, smartphone compliance and more.

December 10, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

POLL: Owner-operators, what model year is your truck?

Does your equipment fall under the pre-2000 model year exemption to compliance with the ELD Mandate, released Dec. 10? Do you run engine-connected e-logs already? This poll examines owner-operator preference for older trucks as of today.

December 10, 2015

Channel 19

ELD mandate’s pre-2000 model year exception: One owner-operator’s morning celebration, more voices raised

Independent Howard Salmon — owner of a 1999 Kenworth W900 — and his reaction to news of the pre-2000 model year exception in the ELD mandate — more voices on the rule, too.

December 10, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

E-log mandate set to take effect Dec. 2017, rule set for DOT publication

The rule requires drivers currently required to keep paper logs to use ELDs, with a few exceptions. It also spells out hardware requirements for the devices, protections against driver harassment and more.

December 10, 2015

Business

Omnitracs MCP to include Drivewyze bypass service

More than 360,000 Omnitracs-equipped trucks in North America will be able to access and benefit from the weigh station bypass services powered by Drivewyze.

December 2, 2015

Parking

ELDs, hours, parking: Owner-operators’ top 3 critical issues

Considerable fleet/operator common ground is seen in hours of service, CSA, parking and related issues, though the economy ranks higher in Overdrive’s list. Plus: Voices on the “Missouri Truck Ferry” project.

November 20, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

E-log rule advances, publication expected by month’s end

A federal rule to require truck operators to use electronic logging devices to keep records of duty status has cleared the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, paving the way for the rule to be published by the DOT.

November 17, 2015

Voices

Return safety to drivers’ control: Fix the 14-hour rule

Texas-based Gary Carlisle weighs in on what Overdrive readers have named among the most-needed hours revisions. Also: it’s bankruptcies that will drive up rates, not wide ELD use itself.

November 13, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

‘We’ll get through this e-log implementation’ — projecting carrier-shipper relationships after the ELD mandate

"We'll get through this e-logs implementation," says compliance consultant Jeff Davis -- better rates, efficiency, productivity for small fleets await.

November 11, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

DAT jumps into the e-log market with multifunction platform

Growing integration between DAT’s core freight matching and location-based services and the new DAT InView set of compliance, tracking and vehicle-diagnostic services will drive 2016 development.

November 6, 2015

Business

Never fear, Supertrucker is always near

“I'm going to start pulling out of this space at 29 and a half minutes, because I'm not going to be made to take a 30-minute break! I'm a rebel, baby!”

November 2, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

In advance of e-logs mandate, KeepTruckin officially launches its ELD

The KeepTruckin ELD, the company says, is expected to be compliant with the impending mandate for e-log use at a monthly $20 per truck for service.

October 29, 2015