January 4, 2012

Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) - What's Next?

In August 2011, the Seventh Circuit court vacated the EOBR 395.16 rulemaking based on determination that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admistration (FMCSA) had not adequately addressed the potential for driver harassment with the new guidelines. Read the entire blog entry.

June 3, 2011

The Cost of Electronic On-board Recorders

A few blog posts ago, I covered the differences between ELDs, EOBRs, and AOBRDs. Having brought some clarity to this array of technology and acronyms, an unanswered question was: “What do these things cost?” Read the entire blog entry.

April 28, 2011

The Mandate for Electronic On-board Recorders

On September 29, 2010, Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced legislation, Senate Bill S.3884, that would require the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a mandate for motor carriers to use electronic on-board recorders Read the entire blog entry.

March 24, 2011

ELDs and EOBRs – What’s the Difference?

Part of the fun of technology is getting a new vocabulary of acronyms. The latest for automated driver logs is ELDs – or electronic logging devices. According to some reports, ELDs are not only better than Electronic On-board Recorders (EOBRs), but they cost less. Read the entire blog entry.

March 09, 2011

EOBR Mandate? Think Bigger.

The EOBR mandate appears like it is going to happen. The FMCSA has already issued a proposed rulemaking. Congress has introduced legislation to force FMCSA to act on timely basis if it does not on its own. Here is more information regarding Qualcomm and MTI's Horizon integration.

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