Moin, what recording devices are installed in trucks in America? As there are driving and rest times? Thanks in advance greeting
There are no required recording devices for trucks today but there is discussion and legislation in the works for mandating EBORs. Some (most) companys already have EBORs and some even have cameras in the truck that look and both the road and the driver. As for the driving and rest times, See http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/truck/driver/hos/fmcsa-guide-to-hos.PDF for the hours of service regulations.
In the new ones ( not sure when on class 8 ) the ECM records the highest speed and highest RPM of the truck. Also records engine hours, miles and fuel gallons but no dates. The information can only be viewed at the dealer level and cannot be changed except by the factory on a re flash. It's viewable on my co pilot on my 98 Mack. This was in US cars years before and can be pulled in a fatality....and they do check it. The rest is on the dash and operated by the carrier.
It depends on what company you work for. With my company they record a lot of data, including speed, location, whether you have a significant braking event (defined by mph lost per second), overspeed incidents (defined by a fixed mph that you are never to exceed), potential rollover events (defined by lateral G force), mpg, idle time as a percentage of total engine time, etc. etc.
I just hired on to haul cryogenic liquids and we have EOBR's, Qualcom E-logs, VORAD and the Iteris lane deviation camera. I'm planning on running my own dash cam as well to cover my arse in case some idiot decides to do something stupid. The Iteris system records too but only within a limited field of vision and only if there's an "event", that's why I'm going to run the dash cam.
