The truth about EOBR's

The EOBR is a much more reactive tool to compliance. The feedback given to the driver can be done quickly while the events are still fresh in the drivers mind. So if done correctly it's a useful tool and not a lazy way of monitoring logs.

I will also agree that not everyone should have the "safety" conversations with the drivers. We're testing this at my company now, I feel it's being done poorly and in most cases not at all.

Oh well, to each their own.

 

I think its funny how much time and money is put into buying EOBRs, updating them, maintaining them, checking them, cross-checking them.. arguing about them; all in the name of preventing driver fatigue. But of course it doesn't even do that.. all it does is restrict truck movement. It doesn't force drivers to be well-rested before the truck starts to roll. Its just a lot of time and money invested to sorta put a sloppy slab of duct tape on a problem they don't otherwise know how to address.

 

So. You guys who think that EOBR'S are the end of the world as we know it and there is no way to make miles or money. Here is my 70 hour recap for you. Left Tamaqua,PA to Allentown to load. 41 miles. Allentown to Manassas, VA. 212 miles. Manassas, VA to Strasburg, VA. 56 miles. Strasburg,VA to Riverside,CA. 2560 miles. Riverside, CA to Oxnard, CA. 120 miles. Oxnard, CA to Fremont, CA. 332 miles. Fremont, CA to Pleasant Grove, CA. 124 miles. Pleasant Grove,CA to Portland, OR, where I now sit for my final delivery, 570 miles. That's 4,009 miles. Legally. On an E-log. With a 67 mph truck, and about 1,300 of those miles in two 55 mph states, where I averaged 58 mph. I have 40 minutes left on my 70, but at midnight I picked up 6.25 hours. Your argument is dead.

 

Yup,

violating laws to prove a point ????

 

I've been trying to do that, but I'm having trouble violating the laws of gravity.

 

The mcp200 is a windows ce OS, weird. A Solaris OS would have made much more sense really. I tried some hot keys and got it go to the safe mode, but wasn't able to enter into safe mode. I have not plugged into the USB yet either, but if I can get the OS to pause the drive software it will be an easy fix from there. It wont be too hard once I get some time. I really just want to add an old Super Mario brow game and a media player. I will also remove the block screens. Its also a GSM device. The potential to have fun gives me a stiffy.

 

Whoever programmed it knew most of the shortcuts, Devry guys would have never thought of it. I know someone will bash me for this but before you do, this is for customizing and giggles only with no attempt to Dr. Electronic logging*. I just want to watch movies and music while driving....... (just kidding).....sorta

 

I am not familiar the the hardware, but Windows CE is usually installed on a ROM, which means you will not be able to affect any changes as in adding functionality. If it is on a SSD, you may have more success. One thing you can try if you have a USB DVD drive is a live cd of a linux OS that may allow you to change the administrator password, thus allowing you to access the OS configuration. However, if it is installed on a ROM device you will not be able to overwrite the password.

Personally I do not care for Solaris, but almost any flavor of Linux would have been a getter choice, and the program itself could be written in Java(shudder).