Q. What information will ELDs be required to collect?
A. ELDs are required to record the following data elements
A. As with any new technology or process that you introduce, there will be a transition and training period. The great news is that you can begin equipping some of your trucks with ELDs now, letting your business and drivers become familiar with them well ahead of the deadline.
Once you have installed devices, you can begin training drivers on how to use ELDs. There are two options for training: developing your own training program, or asking your ELD vendor to provide training.
To make sure you or your supplier are covering all the necessary bases, here are the tasks the FMCSA says drivers will need to know how to do when using an ELD:
Remember to remind drivers that there are certain documents they need to keep in their vehicles as it relates to ELDs. According to the FMCSA these documents include:
A key component of driver training includes touching on the best way to interact with enforcement officers. This will be especially important in the next several years when trucks are allowed to be equipped with either an AOBRD or an ELD. AOBRDs do not have the capability to transfer data while ELDs do. Drivers should know whether the truck they’re driving has an AOBRD or an ELD so they are prepared to give enforcement officers the information that they need.
Associate VP, Commercial Vehicle Solutions
A. ELDs are required to record the following data elements
A. Vehicles with an engine model year before 2000
Yes, drivers will be able to present their logs from the seven days...
It is not required for fleets to configure its driver user accounts to authorize...
Yes. The user’s manual, instruction sheet, and malfunction instruction sheet can be in...
A. According to the FMCSA’s technical specifications, an edit is a change to an ELD record that doesn’t overwrite the original record...
A. No the driver will not be ruled out of compliance in this situation...
A. In the context of the ELD mandate, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) defines harassment as an action a fleet takes toward one its drivers that it knew...
A. No, ELD providers are not required to notify its customers their devices have been removed from the ELD registration list due to non-compliance...
A. Yes, it is required that the inspected driver’s profile and the unidentified driver profile be available as separate reports during a roadside inspection...
A. Yes, it is true. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has granted two temporary exemptions to the ELD mandate...
A. This is true at least during the first months after the ELD mandate comes into effect. The federal government recently announced that drivers cited during roadside inspections for not complying with the ELD mandate after the Dec. 18, 2017, deadline will receive a “no points cite” that will not affect the safety measurement system that feeds into the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) scores. While there will be no points assessed with these initial citations, the fines associated wi
A. Yes, drivers can operate an ELD-equipped truck and still use their exemption...
A. There are a number of ELD recordkeeping exemptions and exceptions that may affect certain fleets...
A. You may be exempt if...
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