This is not an April Fools joke

Here's an article with some good info:

ELD Mandate Enforcement Kicks in for Real April 1

"But that’s about going to in a little over a month, explained Kerri Wirachowsky, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s director of roadside inspection program during a session on ELD enforcement at Omnitracs’ Outlook 2018 user conference here on Feb. 26. She said that come April 1, the full enforcement of the ELD rule will kick in – including the assigning of CSA points and the issuing of out-of-service citations."

Full article at ELD Mandate Enforcement Kicks in for Real April 1

 

So....will everyone have to get into the pool? Or are we gonna still exempt certain aspects of our industry?

 

Those 1999 and older trucks are not compatable with the electronics of ELD, so they will remain exempt.

 

gliders with pre 1999 enigines are still exempt right?

 

Yup.

 

Look out folks, the troopers might be out in force tomorrow in search of low hanging non-compliant ELD fruit (a.k.a., easy revenue).