Tag: ELDs: Page 23

Voices

ELD rule public comments mixed, with renewed focus on hours rule

Among others, Mark Olsen of Clinton, Utah, echoed the overall mixed nature of the comments all told. However, he rejoined arguments in favor of the need for ELDs with a message heard increasingly — that the hours of service rules in general are the bigger problem as regards true safety.

April 4, 2014

Electronic Logging Devices

POLL: Would an hours of service revamp change your view of e-logs?

Is widespread opposition to the ELD mandate proposed recently by FMCSA really an hours of service issue? Would an hours revamp make ELDs more palatable? Tell us in this poll…

April 3, 2014

Channel 19

Roadside inspections, ELDs, treadle-valve corrosion discussed at MATS seminar

Topics debated at the FMCSA’s “roadside inspection” session at the Mid-America Trucking Show…

March 27, 2014

Business

Continental unveils three new truck tires, new ELD options

Offering a glimpse into the next decade of transportation in North America, Continental’s Paul Williams, unveiled three new truck tires designed to fit applications that are expected to grow in prominence through 2025

March 26, 2014

Voices

Anti-ELD petition to White House launched; more voices on the mandate

Language of the petition, which has a goal of 100,000 signatures collected by April 18, reflects voices of opposition among many Overdrive readers, approximately 3 of every 4 according to recent polling.

March 21, 2014

Voices

ELD mandate: Readers respond

Among Overdrive readers, more than half of the respondents to a poll conducted in the weeks prior to the ELD mandate’s release showed a strong preference for another line or work or retirement over use of the devices.

March 17, 2014

Electronic Logging Devices

POLL: What will you do when/if an electronic log mandate arrives?

With an electronic-log mandate rule long in the works and expected to be publish fairly soon, we want to know: What’s your likely course of action when it’s fully implemented?

March 6, 2014

Voices

EOBRs/ELDs are being put in the wrong place

Owner-operator S.E. McCurdy argues an alternative to the ELD/EOBR mandate in a time-card system to put the burden of accounting for drivers’ time on those who would waste it.

February 19, 2014

Business

New logging app/dispatching platform seeded by Google Ventures

The new KeepTruckin smartphone app for Android and iOS and web-based dispatching application is a computer-assisted log with much other functionality besides.

December 12, 2013

Channel 19

Trip-planning / service locator app bags prize; hours hearing vid

Another play in the trucking smartphone-apps landscape, with a robust trip-planning function; and full video of this week’s House Small Business Committee’s hours of service hearing.

November 23, 2013

Channel 19

Looking for fleet/owner-operator common ground

If drivers and fleet folks truly presented a united front on hours to Congress and regulators, would anything change for the better in terms of flexibility?

October 26, 2013

Electronic Logging Devices

E-log mandate on track as agency tries to tackle driver coercion

A proposed rule mandating the use of electronic onboard recorders is still on track for November publication, while the agency is taking steps to mitigate driver coercion.

September 17, 2013