Elogs for 1 or 2 truck operations...

I'd say not having to draw lines and write down where I am and what I'm doing is an upside. Then not having to do the calculations for each duty status and how many hours are available on all clocks. I feel like E-Logs are better in just about every way, except that they're a bit harder to cheat. That's a good thing.

 

Elogs will just further dumb us down...

 

No, you are misunderstanding what I'm saying. Yes, gps is part of the eld. No, it is not mandated to integrate it with ifta reporting. No where in the mandate does it say that.

The pay off mine you guys keep quoting was me responding to a dude saying the elogs are all about states wanting they're ifta taxes paid.

Here they are

And my response refuting that claim.

I was speaking in the context of ifta.
Take the jj keller for instance, they may or may not offer ifta tracking but if they do, the mandate ruling does not require you to use it. If is up to each carrier if they want to pay fir that service or if they want to track ifta in any other way including the pen and paper trip reports many of us used for decades. Heck even my jj keller required me to manually input the city and state at each change of duty status if i don't have a data signal at the location.

 

Someone still has to have access to a paper log. Ask the TTR member that got TWO log violations....one for running over his 11 and another for not providing the paper logs for the prior 7. That would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

The manufacturer should have listed a paper log book as part of the items they should have. Ours did. The company I worked with before becoming an o/o also had E-Logs and issued a paper log book in case the Qualcomm didn't work.

As far as E-Logs dumbing things down, it's no different than any other tool invented. Computers, calculators, machines, etc all make things easier. I still think people should learn to manually fill out a log book and calculate and file their IFTA in case they need to.

 

Your problem should be with the HOS then, not the ELD.

 

The HOS clocks are what people are rushing to beat. How they're logged doesn't change that if they're being done properly.