ELD loss of efficiency plus more

I really don't think Elogs was created for safety but more for a bottle neck affect.I believe safety is the escape goat. I think this was a political move. But that my view point.

 

Well, it has not changed anything so far and u know why has not?

Because you let them, that's why.

Put your foot, down, demand detention - I just read in another thread that Prime charges $80/hr detention.

Mechanical breakdown on production line is none ya business. U not the CEO of their outfit. They ordered a truck, u showed up on time, and time is money.

Boy, for the millionth time, I can't wait for ELD to kick in, and watch the recievers/shippers grind to a halt with their b/s

 

Good luck with that.

 

The shippper is not going to care weather you make it on time for the delivery.

 

So I Guess this is real deal then.........
How many of us are still going to wait till the end for a miracle?

Will Trumps administration do anything? Im not betting on it.

Will I Personally Change things? Probably- I'm either going 150 air miles or retiring.

Ya Know,I Remember in Late 1991- Everyone on the Radio was getting frightened over the new "CDL" License that was going into effect april 1st 1992-

Ended up being not a big deal because it didn't affect our daily routines....

This However,(ELD's) Will certainly Affect how we work.its going to pretty much force many of us to restrategize our daily routines.

 

What seems to be wrong here is thinking this -

• Shippers care.
  
• Shippers will change their habits and needs to conform to the truck's.
  
• Elogs is the real problem.
  
• We are going to be rescued by Trump and he is going to fix it so we have a choice.
  
• The per mile guys will go back to a profitable means of making money.

That said, I hate to be the naysayer here but ... the truth is that elogs are not the issue, the system is the problem and the system needs to be changed. I see the per mile guys suffering because it is all about miles and until the rate go up to a reasonable level, we are all stuck.

Most of this is the problem with hos, not with elogs and I feel we need to return back to the hos that allowed flexibility - the 1962 version of it.

 

Walmart is going charge the shipper when they are late. I think they will care then. I think Walmart is going to charge 1% of value of the load. That can add up

 

When will they start doing that?

 

I'm on elogs & in this exact scenario I would've been off duty the whole time. I've spent 5 hours of my 10 hour break I the shop before & I logged it all off duty.

As a whole, I don't think I've lost much productivity because of the elogs but I was running legal on paper also. Now compared to 10-20 years ago, I've lost a lot of productivity but like I said I quit running like that.

 

This year they already started I believe. Some stuff has a two day window and it 3% value of the load

New Walmart policy dings truckers, shippers for late loads — and early ones