YOUR GONNA GET CAUGHT -ELD's giving away your data

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by B. Hunt, Jan 29, 2026.

  1. B. Hunt

    B. Hunt Bobtail Member

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    Well, Well, Well, I feel there will be a crack down on many companies notoriously known for editing their logs to expand drive time. I say this because I walked by a Kia vehicle with a paper tag, long antenna and two devices connected to the center console while I was walking to the shower around 4AM this morning. I was able to see a drivers name, truck number, DL #, mileage driven, and of course his HOS. Seemed suspicious that the guy driving this KIA wasn't parked in the front and had a blazer hanging from the ceiling in the back seat. A sticker on his back window was a United States flag. I do know about those STING RAYS that intercept wireless devices. I wonder who it was or who he was after? Maybe next time the driver is at the pump he should spell DEF backwards. Be careful drivers. All ELD give away your identity no matter how sneaky you think you are while riding down the highways.
     
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  3. 86scotty

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  5. Lennythedriver

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    OK along these types of scenarios I know they have state police and troopers that will ride around in semi trucks and I’ve always thought that was a pretty clever idea. Given the amount of craziness I see out there while if they were in an undercover truck they would see the same stuff. The amount of tickets and CDL’s I could take for drivers holding their cell phones alone would be astronomical. Lol reckless driving off the chart. You name it. And they’d get to see just how many four wheelers hate us truckers and mess with us for no reason. You could literally be a state police officer get in a semi truck and just drive back-and-forth at the speed limit through any construction zone and you could write hundreds of tickets every few hours.

    and get this Arizona is trying to pass a law where if you’re caught driving a commercial vehicle and you’re here illegally or you do not have a CDL they get to seize the truck and sell it. That’s pretty powerful.
     
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