* Virginia - New Rules: Paper logs out and ELD are in for tracking truck drivers HOS
--- In December 2015, the electronic logging device (ELD) rule was announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Basically the rule requires carriers and drivers who use paper logs or logging software to switch to electronic logging by December 2017... Carriers already using onboard recording devices prior to the compliance date will have an extra two years to transition to ELDs... An ELD synchronizes with a vehicle’s engine to automatically record driving time and track a driver’s hours of service (HOS), and one reason for the switch is to make it harder for drivers to cheat on their hours if the truck’s movements are electronically monitored and recorded... But some opponents of the rule are saying that it may initially put smaller carriers and one-man operations out of business. A concern is this would ultimately drive more business to the larger carriers who will be in a position to raise their rates... If a lot of the smaller operations do shut down, this “could send truckload rates higher, perhaps by double-digits,” according to a recent JOC.com article...
Ashland, VA, USA - Pallet Enterprise, by Lisa Monroe - 1 May 2016Labels: electronic logs, trucking industry news USA
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