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Oct 30, 2015

ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICES * Canada - Atlantic trucking industry split on

* Nova Scotia - Some people are welcoming their use, while others feel they don't offer enough flexibility


-- Nova Scotia trucking companies are in the midst of adopting a new electronic logging system that's supposed to make the industry safer and more efficient, but not everyone in the industry is convinced it does those things... Some companies have already adopted electronic logging devices that track transport trucks movements and log the number of hours a driver is on the road... When a driver is about to exceed the number of hours they are permitted to drive, a warning goes off telling the driver to pull over. It's a safety feature that's meant to keep tired drivers off the road... Longtime truck driver Wayne Churchill says this feature makes drivers be like robots. "You got to be able to shut down and start up when that machine tells ya," he said. This can pose complications because the body isn't necessarily in sync with what the technology is saying, says Churchill... Jean-Marc Picard, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association said, the electronic system logs every move a transport truck makes, companies can use that information to find efficiencies in their systems... The U.S. is making electronic logging devices mandatory by 2018 and Picard says if Canada doesn't enact similar legislation, there could be problems because so many Canadian operators travel to the U.S... He said talks are underway between the provinces and the federal government to try and make electronic logging mandatory across the country...
(Photo by Jason Kryk/Canadian Press - Border USA/Canada)   --  Halifax, NS, CAN - CBC News, by David Burke - Oct 27, 2015

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