ELD Overview

Electronic Logging Device (ELD) The ELD rule is intended to help create a safer work environment for drivers and make it easier, faster to accurately track, manage and share Records Of Duty Status (RODS) data.

“Since 1938, complex on-duty/off-duty logs for trucks were made with pencil and paper, virtually impossible to verify,” stated US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. FMCSA states:• Estimated annual net benefit of more than $1B

– Reducing paperwork – Increase efficiency of roadside law enforcement personnel in

reviewing the driver records• Annually, should help:

– Save 26 lives – Prevent 562 injuries– Prevent 1,844 crashes involving CMVs

Electronic Logging Device (ELD) ELD Rulemaking establishes:• Minimum performance and design standards

for hours-of-service (HOS) electronic logging devices (ELDs)

• Requirements for the mandatory use of these devices by drivers currently required to prepare HOS record of duty status (RODS)

• Requirements concerning HOS supporting documents for audits and compliance

• Measures to address concerns about harassment resulting from the mandatory use of ELDs

ELD Mandate- Timing• ELD Rule was published December 11, 2015

• Compliance date is 2 years after ELD Rule was published (December 16, 2017)

• Existing Automatic On-board Recording Devices (AOBRDs) are Grandfathered for 2 years after compliance date– AOBRDs must be upgraded or replaced with ELDs

within 4 years of publication of the final rule (December 16, 2019)

• Short Haul Drivers (100 air-mile drivers) are exempt – May use paper logs up to 8 days in any 30 day period– Any Short Haul Driver that uses a paper log for more than 8

days in a 30 day period must install & use an ELD

ELD Technical Requirements• ELD must collect these Data elements

including:– Date and time– Location– Driver logged in– Engine hours and vehicle mileage– Vehicle identification, including trailer number– Shipment commodity information– Etc

• Engine data, speed, & distance must be captured by ELD

ELD Benefits for data collectionELDs provide the platform for additional safety technologies in the form of data, such as:–Onboard event recording to monitor driving

habits– In-cab training– Speed monitoring– Lane departure notifications– Theft prevention of equipment –GPS for better routing– Etc….

ELD Driver Interaction- Fixed Mounted

Portable ELDs must be fixed mounted during vehicle operation

Roadside Inspection Process• Must be capable of producing Graph Grid at

Roadside

• One step process for Data Transfer

• It is required that RODS be shared in one of two ways at roadside (choice of the driver or motor carrier): – Printout (not all ELDs provide) – Screen display must be visible to

enforcement at a reasonable distance • Acceptance of data via fax, email or other

method of transmission is at the discretion of the inspector

Supporting Documents: General• Retain maximum of 8 documents per 24-hour

duty day, such as: toll/fuel receipts, bill of lading, etc

• If more than 8 documents are submitted per day, must retain first and last document of day known as “book-ending”

• Must be retained for 6 months • Must be submitted within 13 days • Must be able to be matched to RODS • Cannot be destroyed, defaced, or altered • Driver must make supporting documents in

his/her possession available to authorized Federal, State, or local official upon request