Phone app to track IFTA miles?

Because the ELD/GPS could not show the odometer miles.

 

Correct.
That only reinforces the fact that if you are running a standalone GPS for mileage you’re screwed, and if your ELD ever glitches and doesn’t match ECM miles, you’re screwed.
If they choose to push the point, any electronic device for tracking mileage sets us as an owner/driver to be at their mercy, and fail.

 

ELD should match ECM miles. Pull the report for missing miles and apply to the state. Pretty easy.
That cut out switch for the odometer will get you in a IFTA audit or a compliance review.

 

I always just use my notes app in my phone and record odometer at state lines.

 

what if you're talking on the phone, or watching videos on Facebook, or taking a nap when you cross the state line? That would never work for me. I'll let the machine do it.

 

There was no sending in for me. He wanted to schedule an appointment and we sat down in his office and went through everything. This was a state guy assigned to my part of of the state with an office local to me.

I went in a second time for about a 5 minute visit when he was done so he could go over it. Easy.

 

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393.60(e):
(e) Prohibition on obstructions to the driver's field of view—

(1) Devices mounted on the interior of the windshield.

(i) Antennas, and similar devices must not be mounted more than 152 mm (6 inches) below the upper edge of the windshield. These devices must be located outside the area swept by the windshield wipers, and outside the driver's sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.

(ii) Paragraph (e)(1)(i) of this section does not apply to vehicle safety technologies, as defined in § 393.5, that are mounted on the interior of a windshield. Devices with vehicle safety technologies must be mounted:

(A) Not more than 216 mm (8.5 inches) below the upper edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers;

(B) Not more than 175 mm (7 inches) above the lower edge of the area swept by the windshield wipers; and

(C) Outside the driver's sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.

(2) Decals and stickers mounted on the windshield. Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) inspection decals, and stickers and/or decals required under Federal or State laws may be placed at the bottom or sides of the windshield provided such decals or stickers do not extend more than 115 mm (41⁄2 inches) from the bottom of the windshield and are located outside the area swept by the windshield wipers, and outside the driver's sight lines to the road and highway signs or signals.


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Vehicle Safety Technology definition from 393.5:

Vehicle safety technology. Vehicle safety technology includes systems and items of equipment to promote driver, occupant, and roadway safety. Examples of vehicle safety technology systems and devices include a fleet-related incident management system, performance or behavior management system, speed management system, lane departure warning system, forward collision warning or mitigation system, active cruise control system, transponder, braking warning system, braking assist system, driver camera system, attention assist warning, Global Positioning Systems, and traffic sign recognition. Vehicle safety technology includes systems and devices that contain cameras, lidar, radar, sensors, and/or video.

 

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