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Mar 18, 2016

TECHNO TRUCKS * USA: Tomorrow’s Trucker

* Ohio - Reinventing the owner-operator

° What will the owner-operator of the future look like? ° What will be required of him or her?° What will the single-truck business model look like? 


 --  Given the hype of late about a coming technology revolution in the trucking industry, the framework for which already in place, Overdrive sought to explore these questions in hopes of offering a realistic take on what truck operators can expect from their livelihood in the coming decades... This includes a look at the evolution of the business model itself, likely major regulatory reform, the day-to-day tasks of tomorrow’s trucker and shifts in the truck driver pay model... The special package and its elements, built on months of reporting by Overdrive editors, can be seen at this link: OverdriveOnline.com/tomorrows-trucker... One element of the series will be featured each day this week on Overdrive, but the Tomorrow’s Trucker page will remain live and viewable. We’ll build on the series next month in a package dubbed “Watched, Wired and Weeded,” in which we’ll examine how increasing driver monitoring technology will change the driver labor pool... 
Cleveland, OH, USA- Overdrive - March 14, 2016


* A vigilant partner in the cab ? Because the federally mandated electronic monitoring devices 

 -- For any trucker using a paper log book to track the hours he drives and the miles he covers took too much time and became a big hassle... So, when his employer, installed an electronic logging device (ELD) in his cab, it made his life a lot easier... New Rules of the road 
 * What: The electronic logging device (ELD) rule, adopted Dec. 18 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is intended to help create a safer work environment for drivers and make it easier and faster to track, manage and share driving-duty records. 
 * Who: The mandate rule applies to motor carriers and drivers who already are required to keep driving logs on paper or with any other recording device. How: Drivers will no longer be allowed to use paper logs after Dec. 18, 2017. 
 * Driving limits: Commercial truck and bus drivers are limited to 10 hours or 500 miles per day before taking a break for rest. 
 * Proponents say: The electronic devices make it easier to log mileage and monitor driver records.  * Detractors say: The expense of buying, installing and using the devices may force smaller companies out of business and older drivers to find another vocation. 

  ... The Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates that each year the new rule will save 26 lives and prevent 562 injuries attributable to driver fatigue... Additionally, some drivers found ways around the paper system, keeping several logs at one time or making fraudulent entries to mask excessive time behind the wheel... When the new ELD requirement was announced, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said the opportunity for abuses of the paper logging system were clear... 
(Photo: Electronic trucker logs put brakes on fatigue, speed. New rules would require commercial truck drivers to use an electronic logging device instead of a handwritten log to record hours on the road) -- BERKS COUNTY, PA. - Reading Eagle, by Dan Kelly - March 15, 2016

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