Violations, Fines, and Repeat OffendersĪs of April 1, drivers who are required to have ELDs and are caught driving without them will be placed out of service for 10 hours in accordance with Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance criteria. Though carriers’ admin offices will be able to review log data and suggest changes, they no longer are the final reviewers that responsibility lies with the drivers. There’s another, less obvious but very important change in the new guidelines. The new regulations require ELD use (except where exempted) set performance and design standards for ELDs require ELDs to be certified and registered with FMCSA, establish what supporting documents are required, and prohibit ELD-related harassment of drivers. Drivers using vehicles already equipped with Automatic On-Board Recording Devices (AOBRDs), but only until Dec.Drivers who fit all criteria of the 100-air-mile radius exception.Drivers who conduct drive-away-tow-away operations, where the vehicle being driven is the commodity being delivered, or the vehicle being transported is a motorhome or a recreation vehicle trailer with one or more sets of wheels on the surface of the roadway.Drivers who are required to keep RODS not more than eight days within any 30-day period.Drivers of vehicles manufactured before 2000.Drivers who use paper RODS for not more than eight days out of every 30-day period.Drivers who violate the ELD mandate will begin accruing points (and fines) on April 1, 2018.Īccording to the FMCSA, the new ELD rules apply to “most motor carriers and drivers who are currently required to maintain records of duty status (RODS).” There are some exemptions: That “introductory period” ends March 31. Though the mandate took effect on December 18, 2017, the FMCSA granted an initial “soft period” of compliance Truckers who drove without an e-logging device received violations but didn’t have points recorded against them in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) carrier scoring system. Though used in the trucking industry for nearly 20 years, ELDs became law in 2012 after Congress passed a bill requiring the FMCSA to create a mandate for installing them in all American commercial trucks. It’s no joke: Starting on April Fool’s Day (April 1, 2018), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) started taking a bite out of commercial truckers driving without electronic logging devices (ELDs).
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