FYI

I'll take a wait and see approach. Currently some of the more reputible shippers require carriers to have acceptible SAFESTAT scores and a Satisfactory safety rating. Insurance companies use FMCSA data to base insurance premiums.

The roadside inspection program can have an adverse affect on a carrier's client base and their insurance premiums. I suspect some of the more reasonable more reputible insurance companies will use the FMCSA data to give a thumbs up or thumbs down whether or not a driver is hired.

Great Western Casualty is very particular who they insure. I know a carrier is in their wanning days if I see Lloyds of London as their insurance provider.

Be safe.

 

While a roadside officer may not be able to tell whether or not a EOBR has been modified, any review at the carrier's primary place of business (PPOB) will reveal any modifications to the EORB and there must be an explanation why the record was modified.

Once a record is modified the driver must sign the printed copy of the EORB certifying the changes are true and correct.

IOW for (h)(2) and (h)(3) if the driver submits the log electronically the submission is considered the certification; however, any editing requires the driver's signature verifying the information as being true and correct as the person editing wasn't present so they cannot certify the accuracy of the log.

Be safe.