Heavy Duty Trucking, November 2018
HDT NOVEMBER 2018 32 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM ith active enforcement of the electronic logging device rule under way now for several months there are some things you really want to focus on and make sure your drivers can communicate when they have a roadside enforcement advised Tom Cuthbertson Omnitracs vice president of regulatory compliance during a recent HDT webinar on the ELD mandate that was presented by Omnitracs There are some challenges at roadside he continued starting with some confusion between whats an ELD and whats an automatic on board recording device or AOBRD the previous standard for e logs Make sure that the driver communicates if theyre on an AOBRD or an ELD he said They have to make sure that enforcement understands that because some devices are registered as ELD certified but you can still run as AOBRD based with the ELD rules grandfather clause He recommended that fleets make sure their drivers have the correct cab card which is required and present it to enforcement officers And the cab card is different for ELDs and AOBRDs Annette Sandberg CEO of TransSafe Consulting and former administrator of the ELD challenges at roadside start with the lingering confusion between what exactly is an electronic logging device and what is an automatic on board recording device which was the previous standard for e logs Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pointed out that the clock on the two year grandfather clause started ticking on Dec 18 2017 when the ELD mandate officially took effect Fleets should not start counting the extension from when full enforcement began in April of this year Bad ELDs back office issues A pretty big ongoing issue Sandberg said is that there are quite a few bad ELD vendors out there Not all ELD manufacturers are equal she continued noting that we saw a lot of manufacturers rush into this space It is fairly significant that were By David Cullen Executive Editor dcullen@ truckinginfo com ELD lessons learned Two compliance experts weigh in on key enforcement issues for electronic logs SAFETY COMPLIANCE W PHOTO ISTOCKPHOTO COM SAKLAKOVA
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