The California Highway Patrol is proposing to adopt the federal electronic logging device mandate for intrastate carriers, with a few exceptions.
California is one of only two states that has not yet adopted the federal ELD rule for intrastate carriers. According to J.J. Keller, Wisconsin put out a proposal to adopt the regs in June, but a final rule has not yet been published.
“The reason there are still states that have not completed their intrastate ELD regulations is some states do not automatically adopt changes to the FMCSA regulations into their intrastate safety regulations,” said Tom Bray, senior industry business advisor with J.J. Keller. “Some of these states are also slow at doing the necessary manual updates to their intrastate safety regulations to bring them in line with the federal compatibility requirement," (such as California and Wisconsin in this case).
Currently, California regulations do not require an ELD as the method for preparing an intrastate driver’s record of duty status (RODS), and are subsequently not compatible with federal regulations, CHP said in its proposal.
With a large intrastate-only population of carriers, the change could be a big one for a large number of hauling businesses.
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California’s proposed intrastate ELD mandate is in line with federal rules, with some exceptions to required ELD use:
