Every year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) holds an International Roadcheck to inspect commercial vehicles and ensure maximum safety on the highways. This year’s inspection ran from June 4-6 and CVSA released the results of the 72-hour event at the end of August this year. Compared to the previous year, the results were mostly [...]
When the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) first release the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) mandate, trucking companies sat up and took notice. It signaled a massive shift away from paper records of duty status (RODS) to electronic record keeping. While safety regulations remained the same, ELDs faced a great deal of scrutiny and resistance. [...]
Motor carriers and owner operators have until December 16 of this year to ensure their logging devices are FMSCA-compliant ELDs. Though the technology and the regulations have been years in the making, many are still somewhat unclear on the numerous differences between FMCSA-compliant ELDs and their AOBRD predecessors. Several critical shortcomings of older devices that [...]
While the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has been in effect since December 2017, not everyone is compliant yet. Drivers operating a vehicle equipped with an automatic onboard recording device (AOBRD) have until December 2019 to implement an approved ELD. Many other drivers fall under exemptions as well; however, [...]
Since introducing the electronic logging device (ELD) regulation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has experienced pushback from independent drivers and fleets alike. However, when looking closely at their concerns, the problem lies more with the existing hours of service (HOS) regulations rather than the ELDs themselves. FMCSA requested comments regarding this issue, and [...]
Fleets have a lot to consider when improving their safety rating. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) considers seven Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASICs) to determine a fleet’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) score. These scores help FMCSA pinpoint unsafe fleets, which they then target for interventions. These interventions can culminate in out-of-service [...]
Many drivers and fleets view roadside inspections as a necessary evil. No one relishes them, but they are well aware that inspection help keep the roads safe. Unfortunately, inspections take time and can eat into a driver’s hours of service (HOS). Drivers aren’t alone in their desire for a rapid inspection, either. Inspectors and officers [...]
The hours of service (HOS) regulations have been under intense scrutiny as of late. While they remain unchanged, enforcement reached peak levels with the arrival of the electronic logging device (ELD). HOS regulations pose a challenge for all players in the transportation industry, but drives have a bone of contention when it comes to shippers. [...]
Every year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) holds a three-day long International Roadcheck. This year’s event will go from June 5-7 and will focus on hours-of-service compliance. This should not come as a surprise given all of the excitement surrounding the recent electronic logging device (ELD) mandate and its ability to enforce HOS regulations [...]
The electronic logging device (ELD) mandate went into effect in December of 2017, but the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) granted an interim period to allow drivers to get used to using the technology. While officers could still issue warnings and citations, they would not place drivers out of service. Warnings also had no [...]