electronic logging devices

Will autonomous trucks need ELDs? No — well, maybe

This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. Federal regulators began enforcing the mandate on April 1, 2018. Read more from this series here.

Driverless trucks, which may or may not be the future state of long-haul heavy-duty trucking, likely won’t need electronic logging devices. Nor will hours-of-service regulations won’t apply to them. But the reality is more nuanced.

“Anytime a human is involved, ELDs will matter,” said Wiley Deck, vice president of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-autonomous-trucks-need-elds-no-well-maybe

Truck broker guidance, ELD data research rolled into highway bill

The Democrats’ version of the highway bill retains many of the truck-centric policies of last year’s version with two notable add-ons: guidance on truck brokers and dispatch services and a policy for using truckers’ electronic logging devices (ELDs) for government research.

The $547 billion “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act,” issued on Friday, is expected to be considered before the House Transportation and Infrastructure...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-broker-guidance-eld-data-research-rolled-into-highway-bill

FreightWaves acquires ELD Ratings; relaunches as FreightWaves Ratings

A page view from the new FreightWaves Ratings site.

FreightWaves announces the acquisition of ELD Ratings and a rebranding of the site as FreightWaves Ratings. FreightWaves Ratings is a consumer-driven review/rating site of commercial products for the freight industry. Reviews are written by in-house experts while ratings are user-generated by industry professionals who have purchased and are using the products. 

“FreightWaves Ratings cuts through the noise of freight technology product reviews and specification comparisons to make you a smarter...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/freightwaves-acquires-eld-ratings-relaunches-as-freightwaves-ratings

Hard-to-find IT talent proves essential to carrier viability

The transportation industry has experienced a technological revolution of sorts over the past several years. The mandated move from paper logs to electronic logging devices (ELDs) in late 2017 made every carrier an interconnected carrier. The resulting innovation boom led to a wide swath of new, high-tech solutions to age-old industry problems, ultimately highlighting the importance of information technology (IT) professionals in the transportation space. 

As the industry has continued to...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/hard-to-find-it-talent-proves-essential-to-carrier-viability

Hours-of-service rules still flummox fleets

Hours-of-service (HOS) rules remain on the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) 2020 Top 10 list of Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry. But paperwork more than policy changes frustrates fleet managers, according to another study.

The HOS issue fell from second overall to No. 10 in ATRI’s recent critical issues list drawn from responses by more than 3,100 industry stakeholders. HOS placed no lower than third in the ATRI survey over the past decade. It took the No. 1 spot for...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/hours-of-service-rules-still-flummox-fleets

2018 redux: Truck-buying binge borrowing from future business

Here we go again. Orders for new Class 8 trucks are surging like they did after tax cuts in 2018. This time, however, consumer-driven demand for stay-at-home goods during the pandemic is prompting carriers to pull forward equipment orders that would typically be placed later.

Household spending on goods and services rose 1.4% in September, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.

Buyers of new and late-model used trucks are both shopping, even as uncertainty surrounding a new wave of...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/2018-redux-truck-buying-binge-borrowing-from-future-business

User fee study reveals cost penalty for fuel-efficient trucks

The nation’s first multi-state mileage-based user fee (MBUF) truck pilot project concluded that using one rate for all trucks can put fuel-efficient trucks at a disadvantage when it comes to paying for roads and bridges.

The results of the study, released Tuesday by the Eastern Transportation Coalition (formerly the I-95 Corridor Coalition), are to be used to assess the MBUF as an alternative to raising federal diesel taxes and other approaches to funding transportation infrastructure.

“Though...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/user-fee-study-reveals-cost-penalty-for-fuel-efficient-trucks

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