ELD for safer trucking

I like to stay busy, so I would not complain. Compliance is by the book. So if the carrier tampered than its on them. Unless you like sitting thinking magic money will flow into your pockets.

 

The problem with that is manipulation .
Anything on a computer / ELD can be manipulated especially if you have admin function . IE- the eld you have and i have can be edited by us for corrections without a issue to certain points , where ss if i have my own and thereby admin control , then i can make it ( eld ) show whatever i want , and if its not hooked into the a database system , it defeats the purpose.
So yea , companies do this , and drivers would too . I suggest you let whomever audits your eld that there is a big no-no happening. Some one is manipulating it and probably others too

 

Paper and eld can be manipulated. It's all good until it's not.

 

You know how to run legal right???? Just run legal. I know that if i start my day at 0700 then come 2100 in done for the day. Track your own time and run legal, take pictures to document your ELD at every change of duty, then once you have lots of proof that something is being tampered with blow the whistle on the company.

 

ELD doesn't make a driver safe. A DRIVER makes a safe driver.

 

Just work for honest people. It solves many problems before they show up.

 

Wait, hold the phone..

Carrier is responsible for safety so until that changes your argument is silly. Once you sign your log no one but you can change anything.
If you’re worried about someone messing with your log then take a picture/screenshot or print them out every day.

I did once have my own ELD service through Keep Trucking when I leased on to a carrier but, they had complete control over it. Was just a situation where I already had the service and it saved the carrier from having to pay for another one for me.

 

Safety starts when driver inspects truck. Before the ignition fires, before logs. Then double check your logs.

 

Safety starts and ends with the carrier. If the carrier hires a moron that ignores pre-trip inspections etc then it’s on the carrier.

The op imo probably didn’t think over his question before posting. Otherwise they just think that it’s okay for drivers to have complete control of the carrier staying in business.

ELD’s intended purpose is to make trucking safer by giving carriers real time access to their drivers.

The only difference between paper logs vs elog is that now a carrier can see the drivers activities in real time instead of waiting for them to be turned in.

Again imo, eld’s are a big plus for the carrier that wants to protect their business from being shut down or fined into oblivion.