ELD mandate upheld in 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

If I were there. There would have defenitly been some words going around. I couldn't beleive the stories i was hearing on the trucker channel.

 

I grew up in that area and Minnesota state patrol has never had a sence of humor there ... although with the whiteout's in the Winter there it is challenging territory .

 

I wasn't putting anyone down. I was asking a simple question because in the time that I've been in the industry (~8 yrs), I've not seen the OOIDA accomplish a whole lot. I know they make a lot of noise but I've not personally heard of their lobbying division holding a whole lot of sway in Washington. And I know it's an uphill battle against groups like ATA and NHTSA, what with their money and influence.

 

We're good man ! Sometimes us old goats don't realize were talking to people that were not in the industry 20 or 30 years ago .
And what high school kid would give a tinkers dam about Keith bissel ?
I wouldn't have !
Welcome aboard son .

 

It's coming soon and nobody is stopping it. Personally I don't care as much. I'm going to buy an older truck maybe even a mechanical one (mostly because that's all I can afford.)

If I did buy an electronic truck from the 90's I would maybe even check into some of the simpler tablet-based e-logging systems that plug into the diagnostic port and voluntarily comply. No way in hell I'd put a Qualcom or Peoplenet in though. Too expensive and too complicated to install.

 

The only thing I know about OOIDA is Rocky was selling tickets to the OOIDA Bowl on the Rockford Files.

 

I don't think it will have as big of an impact as people think it will. The market for "old trucks" is pretty small compared to newer and new-new and it's a pretty soft one on top of it. Tons of them sitting around not that many guys interested in buying something they have to put a lot of work and money into just so they can keep filling out a paper logbook.