12 Trucking Takeaways from 2019

12 Trucking Takeaways from 2019

The pace of change in trucking and logistics continues to accelerate, but some of the fundamentals remain with us each year. As we’ve looked back on our top articles, news, commentaries and photo galleries of 2019, here are some of the top trends I’ve...
ELD – 11 Things to Know to Stay Out of Trouble

ELD – 11 Things to Know to Stay Out of Trouble

Data transfer of the driver’s record of duty status to the enforcement official’s ERODS program is one of the key differences between an ELD and an AOBRD. Photo courtesy CVSA As of Dec. 17, 2019, most motor carriers are required by federal law to use...
ELDs – Don’t Shortchange Training When Converting to ELD

ELDs – Don’t Shortchange Training When Converting to ELD

Come Dec. 16 — less than two months away — motor carriers still running with grandfathered automatic onboard recording devices to track hours-of-service will have to be switched over to devices that are compliant with the electronic logging device mandate that first...
ELD Violations Are Down, but Drivers Still Making Simple Mistakes

ELD Violations Are Down, but Drivers Still Making Simple Mistakes

The FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo discussed the upcoming ELD transition deadline during the Trimble in.sight 2019 user conference in Houston. Photo: Jim Beach One of the more heavily attended sessions during Trimble’s in.sight user conference held in Houston, Texas, Sept....
How Accurate Is FMCSA’s List of Registered ELDs?

How Accurate Is FMCSA’s List of Registered ELDs?

You’d think someone at DOT could spend a couple days checking  out the ELD device list. Screenshot via FMCSA website As we developed the listing of electronic logging device providers for the special ELD supplement in this issue, I spent a couple of days visiting the...