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Thomas Bray
• Senior Editor, Transportation Management
• J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
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Elise Chianelli
• Product Manager Safety & Compliance
• PeopleNet
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Fred Fakkema
• Vice President, Compliance
• Zonar
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Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
published to Federal Register on 3/28/2014
Rule addresses:
◦ ELD Use
◦ ELD Technical Standards
◦ Retention of Supporting Documents
Carrier is responsible for ensuring ELD has
been registered with FMCSA
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AOBRD valid 4 years after effective date
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All vehicles required to adopt ELD within 2 years of
final rule
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Only exceptions are 100 and 150 air-mile drivers
that had to complete a log 8 days (or less) out of
last 30 days
No exceptions for:
◦ Leased or rented vehicles
◦ Driveaway/towaway drivers
◦ “Non-trucking” motor carriers
◦ Older or non-CDL vehicles
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Data elements include:
◦ Date and time
◦ Location
 1 mile while on duty
 10 miles during personal use
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Driver logged in
Engine hours and vehicle mileage
Vehicle identification
Authorized carrier identification
Engine, Speed & Distance must be captured
by vehicle
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Must capture data elements
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At startup and shutdown
At each change of duty status
Once per hour when vehicle is operating
At start and end of “personal use” or “yard time”
FMCSA is requesting info on how to handle
older vehicles rather than requiring an
alternate connection
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Same as Current Requirements and:
◦ Driver’s First and Last Name
◦ ELD username
◦ Total Engine Hours
◦ Show Miles for each Driving period
◦ ELD Malfunction Status
◦ Data Diagnostic Status Indicator
for the Authenticated Driver
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All Drivers and Support Personnel must have
unique user name and password associated
with their account
Driver account must include driver’s license
information to provide unique ID
Driver must not have Administrative rights
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ELD must include “unassigned driver”
account
All unassigned driving time must be
assigned or accounted for
Could create a problem for carriers that use
a leasing company that moves units around
for them
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Driver must “certify” log within 24 hours
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Back office support edits
must all be approved by driver
◦ Cannot submit until last activity for the day is
complete
All annotations, comments, and
changes must be retained, along
with original
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Driver direct access to 6 months logs
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Driving time automatically calculated
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Driver must have ability to add/update
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Driver entries to be made when vehicle is
stopped
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Driver must notify carrier within 24 hours of
system failure
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Portable ELDs must be fixed mounted during
operation
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Annotations
CMV number
Trailer numbers
Shipment Information
Output Comment, as requested by enforcement
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ELD prompts Driver to Login if vehicle moves
with no driver
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Device requires alert if vehicle stops moving for
5 minutes
◦ Defaults to On Duty if no driver entry within 1 min
◦ Other automatic duty status settings are prohibited
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Driver must add Location if no position fix at
duty change
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Driver does NOT have to be prompted when
approaching hours limit
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System must have “mute” to be used when
driver is in the sleeper
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Must be capable of producing Graph Grid at
Roadside or Print
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One step process for Data Transfer
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Authorized Official selects method of transfer
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At least One Primary Method:
◦ Web Services
◦ Bluetooth
◦ Email
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Two Backup Methods
◦ USB (all devices must support)
 Scannable QR Code
 Transjet Transfer
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Standardized data output format
◦ System can use any type of data, but output must
be standard
◦ May provide a “value-add” option for vehicle
providers
Carrier provide data to Auditors and Drivers
upon request
Carrier to maintain
a “backup copy”
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Five Categories:
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Origin & Destination (BOLs)
Dispatch & Trip Sheets
Expense Receipts
Mobile Communication
Payroll
Required Data Elements:
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Driver Name
Date
Time
Location
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Max of 10 records in 24 Hour Period
Drivers must submit to
Carrier within 8 days
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Drivers must produce
at Roadside
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