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Electronic On-Board Recorders * USA - NTSB presses for mandatory EOBRs
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking -31 Oct 2008: -- The National Transportation Safety Board this week issued its 2009 Federal Most Wanted List of highway safety improvements. Newly added to the list is one to require Electronic On-Board Recorders by all motor carriers... It's latest wish -- "Require Electronic On-Board Data Recorders to Maintain Accurate Carrier Records on Driver Hours of Service and Accident Conditions -- is a reiteration of what the NTSB told its sister agency at the DOT last year: Make EOBRs mandatory for all trucks... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's original plan called for EOBRs -- once commonly referred to as "black boxes" -- for a minimum of two years for carriers and independent owner-ops deemed "most likely to be a safety hazard on the road"... Carriers charged with two serious HOS review violations (with a rate of violation greater than 10%), in a two-year period, will have to fit their fleet with EOBRs... But NTSB said that proposal lacked teeth. More recently, FMCSA admitted it has gone back to the drawing board and is now considering a plan closer to the NTSB's suggestion...Labels: electronic recorder on board
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