Running with JCT, Part Deux

Welcome! Your in a good situation planning a month ahead. The sooner you finish the online classes the better off you'll be. Everything in orientation is based off the order people finish their online stuff.

 

I was advised off that by one of the forum members. I did them immediately, all 500 videos. Lol. Maybe not that many, but y'all know what I mean.

 

I wonder if the new year will require the new drivers joining to be on ELD and we who are already here will continue to be grandfathered in with our AOBRD's?

 

...wut?

 

Currently we are using AOBRD's. Companies which installed them before Dec 18 2017 may continue to use AOBRD til Dec 18 2019. All devices installed after Dec 18 2017 will have to be ELD device which is much more strict with HOS recording.

So I'm wondering if the new trucks in the new year will be ELD trucks and not AOBRD trucks.

 

The Qualcomms in the trucks are ELDs...

Omnitracs MCP (Qualcomm) - ELD Ratings

It even says in there...

"The Omnitracs MCP is the bar by which all other ELDs are measured."

Also...


Every bit of the right is our units...

 

So I'm at the terminal and I decided to just go ahead and settle this debate with logs and safety.

We are on ELD.. for the most part...

The only thing that we are grandfathered in is the back office ability to edit our logs. Will be grandfathered in for 2 years after 2 years the logs Department can no longer edit are logs so any log edits for non Driveline will have to be done by the driver.

That's the only grandfather part. The units themselves and the software we're all on ELD.

 

OK wow I thought they were AOBRD's because we can move 1 mile logged off duty but my understanding was that ELD was set to Drive line the moment the tires move which was going to have drivers doing say 5 hours into their 10 hour break at a dock, moving off and having to restart a brand new 10 hour break.

 

According to John Mallory our devices have been set to the Mandate specs for the past year so when the Mandate takes effect later this month nothing is going to change it all.

And then in two years when the grandfather clause expires the only thing that changes is the ability for the logs Department to edit our logs.

The updated Hardware that will be going into any new trucks will work identical to the current units we have.

 

OK cool that is good news.