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Tag: Lee Epling
Channel 19
Clarity on the difference beween an AOBRD and âelectronic logging softwareâ
An AOBRD, in many ways, is akin to an ELD â tethered in some way to the truckâs movement itself, so that, in motion, the record is not alterable. Most anymore accomplish that through an ECM link just like an ELD, and in some cases have much of the same functionality. âElectronic logging software,â howeverâŚ
July 26, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Runaway recounted down Sandstone Mountain, and: Revisiting a quite accurate spot rate prediction pre-ELDs
Podcast: Lee Epling urges caution pointing the finger at this or that cause, or piling on the driver, before all the facts are known in the Colo. crash case, sharing his own brake-failure story on Sandstone Mountain in W.Va./Va. on I-64; Also: Monte Wiederholdâs quite accurate 2017 rates prediction relative to ELDs.
May 13, 2019
Business
Other expansion challenges: Insurance costs, administrative/compliance burdens, managing customers
Overdrive poll respondents named these challenges â higher liability premiums, greater administrative and compliance burdens, and managing current customers/finding new business â the next-most-prominent challenges for small fleet expansion beyond recruiting and retaining drivers.
March 11, 2019
Channel 19
No-ELD violations in the âsoft enforcementâ period â 395.8(a) not the only incorrect infraction being issued
Thereâs evidence some inspectors are incorrectly encoding no-ELD violations under CSA-score-contributing, AOBRD-related 395.15 violation codes in addition to previously reported 395.8(a) codes in the soft enforcement period.
March 19, 2018
Channel 19
Remembering the âgood old daysâ: Brakes good, tires good, not a âpeep out of anyoneâ
Owner-operator Robert Whittingtonâs most recent inspection experiences have shown those good old days have been left way back down the road. . .
February 22, 2018
Electronic Logging Devices
Not so calm before the ELD storm
Results of the ELD âsoft enforcementâ period have proved less than gentle for some owner-operators. Thereâs also evidence of other unresolved issues as the gate opens April 1 for issuing out-of-service orders.
February 20, 2018
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