I get the dispatcher thing, but ive been told I suffer fools poorly.... once they learn that we get along great.
ELDs encourage unsafe driving when uncontrollable delays occur.
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I dont think the problem is the ELDs, in all fairness 11 hours of driving a day should be plenty. In my opinion the biggest flaw is the WINDOW that we have to have everything done in a day. Loading/unloading , traffic,weather. Way to many variables in a day that can happen. Not to mention now of someone gets tired for what ever reason they can't take a nap because said window is closing which puts themself and everyone around them at risk.
Another issue IMO is the 34(36 for CDNs) that we have to reset every 70 hours. We seem to spend more time sitting now then we ever had esp every night with the 10 hours off. Why do we need to sit for a full reset on top of that every 70 hours now.......LameMule Thanks this. -
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Productivity wise, after the latest changes came into effect in September 2020, there is almost nothing that I could not do on E-logs now, which I was able to do on paper logs in older days.
Basically, 14 hour limit is of a little nuisance now and I am sure that in the pre ELD days, it was the most frequent reason to falsify logs, while the 2nd reason was 70 hours. 7/3 split also ads a lot of flexibility and the possibility to use PC when leaving shippers or receivers in search for a reasonably safe resting place is a useful tool too.
The only thing that ELDs might indeed promote as unsafe is the inevitable race against the clock. For instance, if someone has 5 miles to the truck stop and 4 minutes left on the clock, he might be tempted to drive that distance a little too aggressively.
As far as being better rested driving now on Elogs vs the old paper log days, it is difficult to say. Certainly, ELDs promote less falsifying, and make egregious driving of 1000 and more miles a day impossible but driving while not fatigued they can guarantee not.RedForeman, ProfessionalNoticer and LameMule Thank this. -
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You dont HAVE to do 36off.Tram-law Thanks this. -
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