Big Road - Data Usage Excessive

turn it off...LOL you are allowed up to 8 pages of paper logs per month if your eld malfunctions

 

Wonderful another twist shafting people using Data on cell.

I can go through a gig in about a hour on my smart phone if I want to. And I burn almost a thousand gigs a month on my desktop not including gaming traffic.

I think you need to find truly unlimited data plans.

 

If your ELD is down you log on paper for up to 8 days.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - ELD Rule

What must a driver do if there is an electronic logging device (ELD) malfunction?
If an ELD malfunctions, a driver must:

1. Note the malfunction of the ELD and provide written notice of the malfunction to the motor carrier within 24 hours;
2. Reconstruct the record of duty status (RODS) for the current 24-hour period and the previous 7 consecutive days, and record the records of duty status on graph-grid paper logs that comply with 49 CFR 395.8, unless the driver already has the records or retrieves them from the ELD; and
3. Continue to manually prepare RODS in accordance with 49 CFR 395.8 until the ELD is serviced and back in compliance. The recording of the driver’s hours of service on a paper log cannot continue for more than 8 days after the malfunction; a driver that continues to record his or her hours of service on a paper log beyond 8 days risk being placed out of service.

In the event of a malfunction that requires a driver to reconstruct his/her previous 7 days, can a driver use a printed copy of their previous 7 days, such as a PDF copy, instead of manually recording their previous 7 days?

Yes. In the event that the driver experiences a malfunction that impairs the ELD ability to present the driver’s previous 7 days, the driver may present their previous 7 days by way of any printed copy, or in an electronic form, such as a PDF.