What if your ELD stops working in the middle of your trip?

I was looking online and might be wrong but the government says for carriers

"Retain ELD data and backup data on separate systems"

If your a carrier then it seems you need the data backed separately.

 

Would you feel better if Garmin was removed from the list of acceptable devices? Seriously dude. At this point you are just looking for a reason to complain. You have several easy options available to back up your data but are choosing not to. That's solely on you.

 

Yes.

 

Thank you, When I do get back out I want to do it legal and safe while having everything in order. I want to be one of the ones on helping make our country great so I will do as much searching for truths as I can. We do have a great country and I do have children and grand children that watch.

 

Call garmin and find out. I don't know exactly how they are set up. Each one is different, for example my jj keller uploads at each change of duty status. But by law they have to have a back up/up load option as stated above. These are things you should have researched before deciding which elog system to buy.

 

I am in the looking stage right now, it is a new system that they have thrown at the industry and hopefully by watching and trial and error I will know exactly what I will be looking for, have to order the truck and that is a quest in itself, but if I do not look at all what is going on I will feel kind of silly.

 

It isnt a new system. The law was passed over two freaking years ago. People had plenty of time to form a game plan, implement and test that game plan but instead chose to wait till the very last minute(in many cases literally the last minute). I have no pity for those struggling and running into problems since the 18th.

 

Call Garmin and let us know what they say. Seems like a simple thing to fix. If must have some form of backup data. If not you can just get another system.