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According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration (FMCSA), it is estimated that 3.1 million

vehicles will be affected by the December 10th final

ruling on the electronic logging devices (ELD) mandate.

Now that the final ruling is in place, fleets across the

United States are required to equip their vehicles with

devices to electronically log Hours of Service (HOS).

Since all vehicles affected by this rule must be equipped

with ELD by December 2017, now is the time to

understand the coming changes and fully prepare your

organization.

This white paper will cover the current landscape of HOS, the new ELD mandate, who must

comply, and what fleets need to do to meet the new regulations.

Is Your Business Ready for the ELD Mandate?

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GPS INSIGHT WHITE PAPER

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The Current Landscape In 2012, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) was put into effect to help the FMCSA

reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. This law’s intent was to help the FMCSA

enter the fleet industry, hold businesses accountable to higher safety standards, and gain the ability to prevent high

risk drivers and vehicles from being on the road with the general public.

Along with these safety standards, this law included a provision calling for the FMCSA to develop a rule requiring

that commercial motor vehicles (CMV) use ELD to record HOS. This provision is what would become the ELD

mandate.

The ELD Mandate On December 10th, 2015, the FMCSA published the final rule

mandating fleets to install ELD in all vehicles that are currently

required to keep record of duty status (RODS). The ELD mandate

will replace the previous rule, which required drivers to retain

paper logbooks to keep record of their HOS compliance. Paper

logging HOS is a huge burden for drivers and managers and is

less accurate than electronic logging. The mandate’s intent is to

increase safety for drivers and the public, reduce HOS violations,

stop drivers from misrepresenting their time on logbooks, and

prevent fatigued drivers from getting behind the wheel.

Who Must Comply? Probably the most important question for any organization is, “Are our vehicles/drivers required to comply with the

ELD mandate?”

Most drivers already must follow the HOS regulations if they drive a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), and will

therefore be subject to the ELD mandate. There is often some confusion on what classifies as a CMV. Generally

speaking, a CMV is a truck, or truck-tractor with a trailer used to support a business.









Here are some of the current HOS requirements set by the FMSCA to help identify vehicles subject

to the new regulations:

• Vehicles that weigh 10,001 lbs. or more.

• Buses used to transport 9 or more passengers, including the driver, for compensation.

• Buses used to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver, not for compensation.

• Vehicles transporting hazardous materials requiring placards.

As with vehicle types, some industries are more likely to be subject to the ELD mandate.

Industries affected:

Or any other fleet that uses applicable CMVs in interstate commerce.

How to be Compliant: ELD Solutions Compliance requires that fleets must equip their vehicles with ELD and keep record of HOS logs for up to 6 months.

Fleets with an integrated ELD solution will monitor and keep record of electronic logs to ensure HOS compliance

and give managers and drivers the ability to provide proof upon DOT inspections. Using ELD software will also help

fleets reduce HOS violations and improve CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) scores.

Construction Delivery Energy

Food Distribution Freight/Goods Transportation Passenger Transportation

The benefit of using ELD software

goes far beyond just compliancy;

there are many ways that a

solution will benefit both fleet

managers and drivers.

How ELD Solutions Benefit Managers:

• Receive Electronic Logs in Real-Time: Management

receives electronic logs in real-time to ensure HOS

compliance is up-to-date upon DOT inspections.

• Improve Dispatch: Keep dispatchers informed on

drivers’ current HOS availability to better plan logistics

decisions and safeguard against drivers exceeding their

HOS threshold.

• Prevent Citations: Electronic collection of HOS data

helps prevent citations and fines that result from a

driver’s simple paperwork mistakes.

• Receive Insurance Discounts: By providing proof that a

fleet is HOS compliant, insurance rates can go down.

• Reduce Back Office Administrative Costs: Manually auditing paper logbooks or paying a service

provider to do so is costly and consumes human resource assets better applied to more productive fleet

management tasks. ELD systems can vastly impact these costs.





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How ELD Solutions Benefit Drivers:

• Increase Safety: Preventing fatigued drivers from getting

behind the wheel will reduce accidents, injuries, and

fatalities.

• Improve Roadside Inspections: Drivers will be able to

quickly and accurately provide DOT or law enforcement

officers current HOS log, which makes roadside

inspections faster and less stressful.

• Gain Available Drive Time: Some drivers will gain

available hours because the EDL will round duty status

changes to the nearest one minute instead of forcing the

driver to round off to the nearest 15 minutes – as is the

case with paper logs.

• Reduce Paperwork: One of the most beneficial use

cases for ELD software is that it will significantly reduce

paperwork for drivers and allows for more time being

productive.





According to the FMSCA:

“The proposed rulemaking will significantly reduce the

paperwork burden associated with HOS record keeping for

interstate truck and bus drivers – the largest in the federal

government following tax-related fillings.”

The ELD mandate is here and many businesses across the United States will be

affected by the final ruling. To ensure vehicle compliance, businesses should start

researching ELD options now to put a solution in place well before the deadline. Along

with the ability to meet compliancy standards, it is important to select a solution that

will provide other benefits to management, drivers, and the overall business.

To learn more about how to prepare vehicles

for the ELD Mandate, contact GPS Insight!

The information in the white paper was gathered from the official FMCSA website. To learn more,

please visit http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov and http://www.eldinfo.com.

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Is Your Business Ready for the ELD Mandate? - GPS Insight · Copyright ©2015 GPS Insight, LLC. ELD + GPS Tracking Device. ... interstate truck and bus drivers ... for the ELD Mandate,