Is instruction card required for AOBRD's or just ELD's?

Instruction card for the driver and logs in case of a failure. That's what's supposed to be there.

 

ELD or AOBRD, it is a requirement to have the in cab instruction card on you.

 

You also need to carry a spare paper log book in case your ELD fails.
They can and will give you a ticket.

 

Aobr and eld requirements are slightly diffrent. All you need for an aobr is enough blank logs to recreate for the trip. Eld's need 7 logs.
Only need one card for aobr, describing how to retrieve data. Eld's need 3.

Here is the actual regs for aobr from 395.15

(g) On-board information. Each commercial motor vehicle must have on-board the commercial motor vehicle an information packet containing the following items:

(1) An instruction sheet describing in detail how data may be stored and retrieved from an automatic on-board recording system; and

(2) A supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status and other related information for the duration of the current trip.

 

My unit is Qualcomm, came with two laminated cards in the box.
Better believe you need that card. It's supposed to be so the occifer can retrieve your logs.
I keep one right in the cover of my registration, and permit book, first thing they see when they open it.

 

During this last Blitz we had a few drivers that had some DOT officers want the manual in addition to the cab cards for our elog system. I think the company was even issued a few citations for not having one in each truck. So a company wide email went out instructing everyone to make sure they grab a copy the next time the were at the terminal.