Category: Electronic Logs

Have Electronic Logging Devices (ELD’s) Improved the Trucking Industry?

Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) are electronic devices used by commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers to record their hours of service (HOS) information. ELDs automatically record data such as driving time, engine hours, vehicle movement, location information, and more. ELDs replace traditional paper logbooks that drivers previously used to record their HOS information. ELDs make the […]

Trucking Shutdown in 2019?

Trucking Shutdown in 2019? There was an article that came out on www.cdllife.com back in December talking about a potential shut down by truck drivers in 2019. The primary reason noted for the shutdown was ELD’s, hours of service (HOS) reforms and other trucking related regulations being considered by the Federal Motor Carrier Associate (FMCSA). […]

The Transportation Industry needs more Flexibility with Hours of Service Rules

The Transportation Industry needs more Flexibility with Hours of Service Rules Ever since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) implemented the 14 hour clock rule professional truck drivers have had trouble handling traffic congestion, weather, long loading/unloading times and other unforeseen events they encountered while on our nations interstates. The 14 hour rule limits […]

Electronic Logging Mandate Confusion F13

Electronic Logging Mandate Confusion Here we are over two months into the electronic logging device mandate and guess what? Utter confusion and uncertainty. Is anyone really surprised? Analysts are struggling to determine what effect ELD exemptions will have on the industry. The government and transportation executives are all trying to determine what freight needs to […]

Electronic Logging Device Mandate – Did it make Transportation Safer?

Electronic Logging Device Mandate – Did it make Transportation Safer? The government was excited to get electronic logging devices in trucks over the past couple of years with the actual electronic logging device mandate deadline coming in December of 2017. But, the question still lingers, do electronic logs actually make transportation safer? Currently, there are […]