Electronic Logging Devices problems continue across country, Fleet Owner Magazine reports.
According to Josh Fisher, the Magazine’s Digital Editor, the trucking industry continues to struggle with ELD adoption nearly a half year after enforcement began.
But it’s not just because of drivers, Fisher notes in a useful update on Electronic Logging Devices.
A lot of the struggles are due to inconsistent knowledge of law enforcement and poor quality by many ELD manufacturers, according to Annette Sandberg, CEO of TransSafe Consulting and former head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
Speaking at the FTR Transportation Conference 2018, Sandberg said, “We have seen significant problems with the electronic logging devices.”
The ELD mandate went into effect in December 2017, but full enforcement did not begin until this past April. It required Carriers to have either an ELD or the old automatic onboard recording device (AOBRD).
“So many of the officers you see out at the scale houses weren’t ready to take enforcement action or didn’t know the difference between the two devices or weren’t aware how to actually do a file transfer.”
Another problem Sandberg sees with ELDs is the technical specifications.
Shoddy work of opportunist ELD manufactures, Sandberg said, has become evident based on what has been produced over the past year. “We’ve seen a number of vendors struggle to meet requirements and some of that struggle is born on behalf of the carrier. So, if you’re a small carrier – say, five to 10 trucks – and didn’t have a lot of money to do initial due-diligence testing on a device and you went with something based solely on cost, and you bought a cheap system, that’s probably exactly what you have: a cheap system.”
You can read the full Fleet Owner Magazine report here.
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