Today, the US Supreme Court announced that it will not hear a lawsuit challenging the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. This decision means that the ELD mandate, as well as its December 18, 2017 compliance deadline, have been upheld!
Certain things in life are scary, like that old tuna sandwich under your front seat and, I cringe just thinking about it, a freeway with bumper to bumper traffic. Something you shouldn’t be afraid of buying is an electronic logging device (ELD) that comes with a contract. Don’t be scared off by the word ‘contract’. Believe it or not, it’s actually there to protect you!
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has released an updated version of the out-of-service criteria handbook. These updates included additional criteria related to electronic logging devices (ELDs), but they were added as footnotes – not highlighted in the handbook itself like they usually are – making them easy to miss. How will these changes impact you?
Transport Canada announced yesterday that Canada will follow the US mandate and require the use of ELDs for tracking driver hours. This decision was made after years of review and found that it will improve safety, eliminate fraud, and significantly reduce paperwork.
Although minimal details have been released, Transport Canada stated they will align with the FMCSA’s December 2017 timeline. It is unknown if the same criteria will be used for what is considered an ELD or if there will similar exemptions, or any at all.
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Jack Darden has been driving for years. Based in Richmond, Virginia, he was sick of paper logs and wanted to find a better electronic solution. What he didn’t realize initially, was that not only would he be changing how he logged for himself, but helping out his fellow drivers and improving the fleet management for his supervisor and the company.
Read More »How a Driver Can Lead the Way for Better Fleet Management with eLogs
Last week, BigRoad hosted a webinar all about the motorcoach industry and was joined by two motorcoach experts: Kristine Meinhardt and Randy Howell. The webinar focused on motorcoach operations, the experts’ experiences, and what’s coming up with ELD.
If you missed the webinar, check out the recording…
Last week, we hosted a webinar about managing your fleet or yourself as a single driver using the BigRoad web app. It was the second instalment of a two-part webinar series to show users how to effectively use both the mobile and web apps. If you missed the first instalment on the mobile app, it can be viewed here on our blog.Read More »Best Practices for Fleet Management – How to Maximize BigRoad’s Web App
Thanksgiving, whether Canadian or American, is a great time of year. It brings together families, food and, if you are lucky, you usually get some time off as well. Folks gather round and watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade on TV. The local stores and shopping malls are usually pretty crazy – not just leading up to Thanksgiving but especially the day before…and heaven knows the day after as well!
As much as we complain about what a pain it is to get to the store during these busy periods, it’s actually pretty convenient. And who do we have to thank? We have truck drivers to thank! These are the folks who transport all the goodies cross country so that we can step out to the store and easily access everything we need.
That was the exact statement Paul Kirkland, a driver of 23 years, told his supervisor. You may recognize Paul from his facebook profile, featuring trucking videos and all things rodeo. Several months ago, he found out his new company, Acadiana Energy, exclusively use electronic logs (eLogs) and have been for the past couple years.
As a long time paper log user, he was not interested in the least to switch over to this new electronic format.
Read More »I’ll Quit Before I Use eLogs!
