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Electronic Logging Devices

Teletrac Navman commits to e-log updates

Teletrac Navman, a provider of GPS tracking and fleet management solutions, today announced it is guaranteeing federally mandated electronic-logging-device hours of service (HOS) compliance for its Director product platform.

February 27, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

FMCSA clarifies ELD compliance extensions, non-compliant devices

Two new guidelines from FMCSA on ELDs: Older devices that buy carriers’ time but aren’t long-term compliance options for the mandate can be transferred to a new truck and operators will have eight days to deploy a compliant device if their ELD is found to be non-compliant.

February 22, 2017

Voices

Reader: ELDs set to exacerbate existing parking, detention issues

“I don’t think anyone has really considered what making all trucks go ELD will do and all the problems it will cause. There isn’t enough parking now.” –reader Josiah Gonzalez, via email. And: A little personal conveyance wiggle room.

February 21, 2017

Channel 19

Cybersecurity alliance formed specifically to address IoT, the Internet of Tru…, um, ‘Things’

In AT&T’s analysis of the threat to internet-connected things, including vehicles, over the recent past, the company said “in the past three years” it “has seen a 3,198% increase in attackers scanning for vulnerabilities in IoT devices.”

February 13, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

iGlobal’s Edge MDT portable scanner/ELD

The Florida-headquartered company’s unique among ELD providers in promoting its Edge MDT — a combo high-speed scanner, ELD and all-around ruggedized mobile office with push-to-talk functionality and more — as manufactured in the state of Ohio.

February 10, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

Small fleet saves time and hassles with ELDs

The biggest ELD hurdle for nine-truck JJ&T Trucking, says Jake Taylor, company co-owner with his wife, Christy, was less operational than technical.

February 10, 2017

Channel 19

E-logs and detention, redux | An 800-pound gorilla in need of a few good lumpers

Will ELDs point the way out of the detention ‘quagmire’? If they do, it won’t happen all at once, no doubt. Could be a wild ride ahead …

February 9, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

E-log sticker merits easy time at weigh station

Gastonia, N.C.-based hotshot/tow owner-operator Buster Lewis took up the Continental VDO RoadLog to eliminate the hassle of pushing paper logs, he says — big bonus: No weigh-station hassles for him and his 2006 Freightliner Business Class straight flatbed.

February 9, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs and the detention quagmire

Rico Muhammad’s reefer freight operation, based in Atlanta, is comprised of two trucks operating primarily in the Southeast and sometimes outside the region. He names detention’s operational quagmire as perhaps the principal issue for owner-operators moving to ELDs.

February 8, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

ELDs’ early adopters face productivity, operational challenges

Examining the operational impacts of fully engine-connected electronic logging devices both positive and negative — adopted by these independents and leased small fleets/operators, well ahead of the ELD mandate.

February 7, 2017

Electronic Logging Devices

DriverTech’s ELD-dashcam combo unit

DriverTech announced the launch of the DT4000 Rev 7, an onboard communications device platform that comes with Electronic Logging Device capabilities and a front-facing dash camera to capture critical event video, among other features.

February 3, 2017

Business

New Comdata, KeepTruckin partnership

KeepTruckin’s smartphone/tablet-based ELD is now available via Comdata’s small-trucking-business-focused MyFleet Program.

February 2, 2017