Question about EOBR's

No it is a compliance matter. This isn't like a preference of make of truck, size of engine, apu.......... This is about a more accurate accounting of compliance by motor carriers with regulations. It is the new RODS and will be brought on line because there is no valid argument against it.


No costs are not. If everyone has to have them everyone will be equal.

Privacy is not. You are operating a commercial vehicle on public roads.

 

You haven't read the US Constitution recently, have ya?

 

The only time you have privacy in the truck is in the sleeper. You have no right to privacy in the drivers seat.

 

Where did you get that idea from what I said? I never said we should "lay down" or holler "yes sir, may I have another". And I agree that the government oversteps what is prudent in its pursuit of regulation. These should be only company matters.

The big problem in all this is the commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. You have to find a way around that before you will get Uncle out of the cab of your truck. The only possible way is if one runs only intra-state, since the commerce clause regards inter-state business. Now if you can get an ammendment to the constitution passed that negates the commerce clause, then have at it. Good luck. But the states have adopted FMCSA regulations so they can do enforcement, so there is an additional problem. Theoretically, a state does not have to adopt the FMCSA regulations into their system and just refuse to do any enforcement of Federal regulations regarding trucking. Yep, they could shut down their scales, shut down their DOT enforcement and go home. They would be correct for doing so. But we all know that the states want the revenue from enforcement and the highway funding goodies from Uncle, so that is a moot point.

 

And the day they quit enforcing regulations look for every junk, drugged up, POS, bald tire, no brakes, road rambo wannabe driving down the highway with you.

Revenue from enforcement can be easily with held from the states coffer's. Do your #### job and all you'll have to pay is fuel tax, tag, HUT..........

The states can actually enforce stricter laws than Federal. So if you theory was correct they could stipulate that qq hours was needed to reset the 14 hour clock and burn every idjit not aware.



Look I understand victimhhod is bred into a lot of people, but getting a ticket for Log, vehicle, driver fitness does not make you a victim! It makes you a person failing to follow the law.

 

It's funny that we always say the government is trying screw us always but in this case the government threw out the ruling and sent it back saying that companies need to insure truckers are not getting harrassed into driving if they feel tired despite what the EOBR says. In fact major carriers like Schneider and Knight Transportation were a few of them that wanted it pushed through. The worry is making money from the drivers' stand point of view. Pay will have to be adjusted or changed or else the industry will see more of a turnover than it already has.

 

To a certain degree, you would be right rturner63. But if the carrier already has a decent system in place for O/O revenue or company driver compensation, and they have a firm grasp on how to plan freight, then an EOBR will make very little difference. In this bad economy, while on EOBR for the last year and a half, I have beaten all my previous annual revenue totals for the last 2 years. Now if the EOBR was the big ogre that many claim, then that could not have happened. Based on revenue so far this year, I am on track to beat last years as well.