Landstar Offering Free EOBR's

So by now, you're all aware corporate is offering free EOBR's. I was curious as to whether any of you plan on signing up for one. I know it's the biggest battle in the industry right now with threatened government mandates, so I was just curious if you were going to take the opportunity to get the free one, or if you were like many of heard from in the facebook groups about not wanting "big brother" in your truck?

 

My guess is they did this because they got a very good deal on a mass purchase of them and they are working to improve their CSA score. CSA is getting everyone, and Landstar is no exception. We're still better score wise than almost all of our competitors, but we're teetering. My belief is corporate thinks if they can get some of the newer guys to switch over to EOBR, this will help because "logs not current" is our most severe violation.

 

An EOBR is an Electronic On Board Recorder. It's an electric log that automatically downloads and warns you when you're running out of hours. I've heard in some extreme cases it'll even shut your truck down right where you are. Not sure if that's true or not.