Tag: ELDs: Page 16

Hours of Service

FMCSA grants logbook exemption to short-haul carrier

A Pennsylvania-based trucking company’s drivers have been granted an exemption from keeping a daily record of duty status.

August 9, 2016

Channel 19

Stoking the log fires, redux: Crash incidence, hours violations and fleet size

Is the owner-operator/small fleet being “nitpicked” or “nickel-and-dimed” into oblivion? Crash data and inspection and hours violation rates, analyzed by fleet size, fuel further discussion following this month’s “Stoking the log fires” feature.

July 28, 2016

Business

‘Rest stop planning’ function introduced

Navigation-tech company Sygic has teamed up with electronic-logging-device and asset tracking software provider Forward Thinking Systems on a Rest Stop Planning feature intended to streamline compliance for fleets while improving driver safety.

July 27, 2016

Business

How the potential gold mine of ELD data could hurt you

The precision and quantity of ELD data available after the mandate could, combined with a new safety-rating scheme, give on-site auditors an extra-effective tool for declaring a carrier Unfit on the basis not only of uncovered hours violations, but also moving violations.

July 12, 2016

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD privacy concerns an ‘illogical extreme,’ groups argue in court filings

The court battle over a federal rule to mandate electronic logging devices for truck drivers saw two carrier-backed parties file briefs in support of the mandate this week, with both filings touting the perceived benefits of the rule and dismissing claims brought by trucker-backed groups about the rule’s efficacy.

June 24, 2016

Business

Post-crash litigation: Cameras and ELD evidence

Much of the monitoring equipment that many larger carriers are investing in — from cameras to ELDs — also gives them a critical edge in legal disputes.

June 21, 2016

Voices

Mailbag: ELD choice — ‘wait and see’ mode a hope for common sense?

Among other voices responding to recent ELD market, privacy reports: “Most experienced, knowledgeable professionals still hold out hope that some common sense will prevail in the government to recognize any positive impact on safety will not be due to the implementation of ELDs.”…

June 13, 2016

Channel 19

E-log transition, finale: ‘I will survive’ –Wes Memphis

A final report from Wes Memphis: “…like we survived the CDL, the TWIC Card, the emissions-compliant motors, the hazmat fingerprinting, the demise of the old-school truck stop, the erosion of civility, the death of Claude Akins ….”

June 11, 2016

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