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EOBR Recommendations Finished
Posted: Dec 7, 2011 08:52 AM | Last Updated: Mar 27, 2012 08:29 AM

WASHINGTON — The Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee finished their recommendations to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on the pending electronic onboard recorder requirement.

The details of the recommendations are set to be released late this week or early next week. The committee will give counsel on 16 separate issues, from a mechanism for showing the log to the inspecting officer to data security and certification of EOBRs.

The committee of 19 officials from industry, the emfocement community and labor and safety groups has been working on the recommendations for months. While the FMCSA is not bound by the committee's suggestions, they are closely involved in the deliberations.

The EOBR rule will sit idle for the time being, with the FMCSA not appealing a court decision vacating the rule, scheduled to take effect next June, but will instead focus on the court's concerns about preventing driver harassment.

This decision came as a result of a petition by various independent drivers and the Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association, who challenged the rule that will require chronic violators of the hours-of-service rules to install EOBRs.

The FMCSA has estimated that the rule would affect 5,700 carriers.
 

 
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CJ

2011/12/11

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Safety issues surrounding EOBR's: 1. What about parking? There is not enough parking to go around for all the trucks that need to shut down at a certain time. 2. Trucks are moving from one place to another going 4 mph, yes "4"mph, so that it will not show on their EOBR's. 3. They are speeding through construction zones, because they have to keep the speed at a norm on the EOBR's. 4. They sit on the fuel islands, because it has to show a truely 15 minute on-line, with also a 30 minute break! So they back up the fuel islands,... 5. They need to start looking at the actually driving and training of these drivers, not the log books. Have you seen what is really going on out here? 6. They are driving tired, due to the fact that they can't shut down a take a nap, they have to "stick" to the EOBR's. **This is going to run the O/O out of business....." No more "good" drivers!

CJ

2011/12/11

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Safety issues surrounding EOBR's: 1. What about parking? There is not enough parking to go around for all the trucks that need to shut down at a certain time. 2. Trucks are moving from one place to another going 4 mph, yes "4"mph, so that it will not show on their EOBR's. 3. They are speeding through construction zones, because they have to keep the speed at a norm on the EOBR's. 4. They sit on the fuel islands, because it has to show a truely 15 minute on-line, with also a 30 minute break! So they back up the fuel islands,... 5. They need to start looking at the actually driving and training of these drivers, not the log books. Have you seen what is really going on out here?

Anonymous

2011/12/09

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If they inforce this ruling - this country will go on its knees. Freight will not move and it will put most of the owner-operators out of business. Don't these government officals realize how their food, clothing, etc. gets to the stores for them to survive on?

Anonymous

2011/12/07

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"19 officials" and not a true American among them. This countries political system is BROKEN. Corruption is running ramped.

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