I Just Heard That E-Logs Will Be Mandatory In 2015

Yep, your totally right!!

 

EOBR/ELD Proposal Advances from FMCSA to DOT Secretary’s Office


No matter if you call them electronic on-board recorders, electronic logging devices, or black boxes, a proposal to mandate their use is slowly winding its was through the bureaucratic hands of the federal government, putting it closer to publication.


http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/owner-operators/news/story/2013/06/eobr-eld-proposal-advances-from-fmcsa-to-dot-secretary-s-office.aspx

http://www.fleetequipmentmag.com/mandated-eobrs-elds/

Electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs)—or electronic logging devices (ELDs), as they are now being called—installed in commercial vehicles can monitor and record a whole host of data about a vehicle and its driver. And because ELDs are the subject of a pending mandate that will require them for tracking hours of service (HOS), fleets are beginning to pay very close attention.
Since they track much more than HOS—electronic vehicle inspection reports; driver behavior reporting on speeding, idling and hard braking; and integrated map and route solutions, to name a few—many fleets have adopted ELDs ahead of the mandate in order to reap a multitude of benefits.


“The effective date for enforcement of the mandate is two years after issuance of the final rule, most likely later in 2016—this is to allow the suppliers to update software to meet the compliance of the new regulation,” Schenk adds.
Omnitracs’ Kraft explains that part of the reason for the lengthy schedule is the extensive scope of the EOBR mandate rulemaking. Key areas to be addressed in the upcoming proposed rule include:
• ELD mandate and requirements for these systems as directed in MAP-21.
• Technical performance requirements that were addressed in a prior 395.16 EOBR rulemaking—with several updates recommended by the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.
• New guidelines to mitigate the potential for driver harassment as required in response to prior litigation.
• Additional requirements for compliance records management by the carrier’s support system, based on a previous proposed rulemaking that was delayed.
“While it’s hard to determine a final implementation date, I can note that once the final rule is ready the industry will need 12-18 months to develop and bring certified products to market,” Kraft says. “Then, once the products are available, it is expected the industry will need an additional 24-36 months to implement EOBRs into more than two million trucks that have not already installed one. We also expect a transition provision that allows carriers that have implemented current EOBR systems in advance of the final rule to continue the use of those systems for their remaining useful life.”

 

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I am watching very close. Not wanting to spend the money for my truck. However, they are getting lower in cost, but still not wanting to.

 

Digital tachographs or elogs were brought into Europe in 2006, they haven't done anything for safety, what they have succeeded in doing is making Eastern European companies more competitive to the point we couldn't compete , drivers actually get home less, if you feel tired you can't have a nap because you can't make up the time later, you'd be amazed how much information they can deduce from just time, speed and distance. Interfere with these devices now in Europe it constitutes fraud so in some countries that's regarded as fraud and carries up to two years in prison, some people think they would be easier then paper logs.....these come with different functions( rest, driving. Standby and other work) forget to set the proper function ..you have to do a printout with a hand written essay on how you 'forgot' to change the button, failure to do this is an offence , failure to keep that little slip of paper with your essay on the back (for a year) is an offence. The concept is a good one, it should eliminate the 'greedy boss' but in reality it pushes you harder, if you don't fill your 15 hour day now your boss wants to know why, I know even stopping for food is a problem outside of scheduled breaks, getting home is a lot less frequent , local companies from home that I know that were always 1 week away are keeping you away for 3 weeks to "keep the logs right " that means it's two day home a month sometimes

 

Jesus.....................

 

Mary & Joseph

 

Funny I sleep better in the sleeper on my truck than I ever could in a regular bed.

 

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