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Electronic Logging Devices
Log-editing âflexibililtyâ in current-generation AOBRD e-logs v. ELDs
At least one company is promoting functionality in its electronic log that allows use in âAOBRD modeâ to make edits from the back office account and not leave a trail showing the original log. Problem is, regs require retention of the original log âŚ
August 31, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD citations, fines begin Dec. 18, but inspectors wonât enforce OOS criteria until April
Inspectors and roadside officers will begin documenting ELD violations on the Dec. 18 deadline, and citations will be issued to drivers âat the jurisdictionâs discretion,â CVSA says. The 10-hour out-of-service order associated with non-compliance will begin April 1, 2018.
August 28, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
New Garmin commercial nav unit interoperable with Garmin ELD
Break planning and dispatch tools are enabled by the connection, with Garminâs commercial-nav features enhanced. The new Dezl 580 LMT-S is being introduced with a suggested retail of $299.99.
August 24, 2017
Voices
An ELD rate boost? Maybe, but look out for the safety banana peel
âThe real tragedy is the runaway economic and safety burden will fall on an unsuspecting public at a time when economic stress has been at an all-time high since the Great Depression.â âreader and truck owner Gary Carlisle
August 17, 2017
Channel 19
Answering ELD questions: Texas-enforcement panel at GATS
What questions would you put to Sergeant Dana Moore and Lieutenant Monty Kea in Dallas next week? And: An update on anti-ELD mandate grassroots efforts from the ELD or Me group and others.
August 17, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Logging in the ELD environment: Annotations/notes section is driverâs friend when âweird situationsâ arise, FMCSA says
ELD exemption questions, personal conveyance circumstances, yard moves, more: In âany weird situation,â said FMCSAâs Joe DeLorenzo, âannotate it in the driverâs record [so that the situation] would be clear if somebody asked you for it.â
August 16, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
American Road and Transportation Builders support ELD exemption, stress 14-hour-rule issues as well
ARTBAâs support for the Pipe Line Contractorsâ request for an ELD exemption re-stressed the largely short-haul construction operatorsâ long support for an exemption from the hours rules entirely for transportation construction companies.
August 15, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
What a difference a day makes: Where rates could spike
Where to look for the most likely ELD effect on rates? High-volume lanes between 500 and 750 miles, which analysts call the âdangerous lanes.â Itâs those where load/unload hiccups or in-transit delays easily can extend a one-day haul into a second day.
August 10, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Out-of-service conditions related to ELDs
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Allianceâs updated out-of-service criteria include those related to electronic logging devices. None are new OOS conditions. Rather, theyâre footnotes related to current OOS conditions having to do with the hours of service, namely having no log book, having no previous seven days of logs and presenting a false log. All require putting the driver OOS for 10 consecutive hours.
July 19, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Presenting logs with ELDs at roadside
Running with an e-logs device is one thing. Communicating e-log data to an inspector is quite another. With five months to go, statesâ data transfer plans vary widely, and an ambitious federal program remains untested.
July 18, 2017
Channel 19
Voices on ELDs, hours, pay as grassroots efforts begin to bear fruit
As news out of Congress shows some of the results of anti-ELD mandate forces speaking out, this voices round-up brings commentary under Max Heineâs July âPulseâ column on what one reader dubbed âthe real problemâ at the root of ELD issues, hours. Not everyone agreed, some seeing rates/money as the more bedrock issue in all the back-and-forth over ELDs and hours.
July 18, 2017
Business
FMCSA rejects fleetâs 30-minute break exemption request
In its denial, FMCSA says when the 30-minute break provision was proposed, it was based on research that stated periods free from work were followed by improved work performance. The agency says the break benefits drivers and improves safety.
July 17, 2017
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