ELD full compliance

Who are you going with next? It seems like the most popular ones out there are Omnitracs and KeepTruckin. Omnitracs’ monthly service is about $31, but their device is in the $800s, unfortunately.

 

I just did that...so there are no pin point speeds shown anywhere but the engine shut offs and starts.
I was misled by those KT reps...they don't even know their stuff.

 

Is Garmin ELD fully compliant?

 

It seems very possible. Hahaha.

 

A violation with no citation is a warning, getting a warning for speeding in a car with no CDL is still a violation of law but doesn't affect you, they affect you with a CDL because back in the 80s truckers were clogging the courts fighting every ticket they got, which is where Roadlaw and those groups came from.

 

They may not be entirely wrong. It is very possible that during an audit, they can have access to more information than just the ELD driver log.

 

The point I was trying to make and others have made as well is that a “warning” doesn’t mean anything on the inspection report. There is no listing for warnings, just for violations.

One of the problems with using the word “warning” is that it gives the impression of not getting in trouble and being given a “second chance” when it’s not true for CDL drivers. If you get a violation, you will get points that can become a serious problem if you accumulate too many.

 

What it shows in the email is the same thing it shows on the admin page.

 

I don’t know about KeepTruckin, but Omnitracs has more information than the ELD driver log. There is a document, for example, that gives GPS coordinates every few minutes along with the truck speed. There are also other documents that I haven’t bothered looking into.