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Channel 19
AOBRD to ELD deadline near yearend: Switch not always easy as it might seem
Contrary to what some legacy e-log providers told us ahead of the mandate about updating then-current equipment to comply with the ELD spec, this small fleet safety director found that simple over-the-air software updates havenât been able to do the trick, for several reasons.
June 13, 2019
Business
Trucking reps testify before Congress on driver pay, hours, safety
The testimony from each of the stakeholders, along with their answers to questions from 17 representatives who are part of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, will be used to help shape the next highway funding bill after 2015âs FAST Act expires in 2020.
June 12, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Tracking-tech providers see new uses of ELD location data
Location data is some of the most valuable output from electronic logging devices, driving tracking services to make deals with ELD providers to allow users to opt into location-share connections with ELDs providing the tracking, with more functionality coming.
June 11, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Missing reins in an emerging marketplace for ELD data
Until regulations, legislation or court cases set guidelines for data privacy, âitâs kind of âwhat you sign up for is what you get,â â says Eric Witty of ELD supplier Trimble. âIf you donât read the fine print in an agreement youâre signing,â you might be giving a provider the right to freely share.
June 10, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
Data sharing practices among leading providers of ELDs to owner-operators
Overdrive attempted to survey 14 ELD providers, representing those used by significant percentages of readers. As shown in this chart below of results from nine of them, none of the providers that answered questions were engaged in direct sales of individual customer data, but many do share aggregated, anonymized data with third parties and employ data internally.
June 6, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
ELD data handling: âPrivacy is paramount,â but practices vary
An ELD provider thatâs committed to integrity, some industry watchers suggest, will make obvious to potential customers any secondary or outside use of their data thatâs granted through the service agreement. Likewise, the company would give customers a conspicuously simple way to opt out of unnecessary data sharing.
June 5, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
A gold rush for ELD data
As the trucking industry reckons with the value of information spewing from millions of trucks, issues of privacy, disclosure and ownership rights, including fair compensation, remain to be resolved.
June 4, 2019
Channel 19
Time and cost, redux: Where the owner-op is the smartest guy â in a roomful of carrier execs
So, what is your time worth? Turns out, itâs likely a lot more owner-operators have a clear sense of that than fleet execs when it comes to the trucking business.
June 4, 2019
Hours of Service
Trash, recycling pickup company requests reprieve from certain short-haul exemption provisions
Kimble Recycling & Disposal says its short-haul trash and recycling pickup drivers cannot complete their work day within the 12 hours required by the short-haul exemption and requests to allow its drivers to operate up to 14 hours in a day.
May 30, 2019
Overdrive Extra
When changing freight lanes, donât forget to think differently, too
Quick-changing freight conditions affect carriers large and small, and faster than they ever did before as tech greases the change skids. The people who are going to adjust best, as has always been the case, will be independent thinkers with high-level critical thinking skills in the toolbox.
May 23, 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
Electronic Logging Devices
POLL: E-log users, are you running with an ELD or a grandfathered AOBRD?
With the deadline for grandfathered Automatic Onboard Recording Device (AOBRD) users coming up this December, this poll asks e-log users in the audience whether youâve made that transition to the actual ELD spec already or not? Weigh in here.
May 8, 2019
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