ELD enforcement

An ELD Annotations Guide in collaboration with J. J. Keller

Are the reports of FedEx’s struggles greatly exaggerated?

The hard deadline for the ELD mandate hits on December 16, and a significant portion of the fleets that run AOBRDs are looking to put off ELD adoption until the last minute.

IIHS says driver fatigue still is a “major risk factor.”

Hours of Service violations will be the biggest focus this year, but ELDs may hold their numbers in check.

The ELD mandate hasn’t created a capacity squeeze but there are other signs of how it has changed driver behavior.

Freight market activity is stabilizing as carriers move into new contract cycles. The ELD hard enforcement period appears to be a non-factor so far. 

There has been a lot of hype surrounding the arrival of the hard enforcement period of ELD carrier compliance, but according to the Tender Rejection Index it has mostly been a non-factor to the overall freight market. 

The administrator said he is on an “aggressive listening” tour. 

Even with lower levels of automation, trucks could essentially work around the clock, but what will regulators do about the ELD hours-of-service rule?

The survey’s numbers are all solidly negative.

This new consolidation program, adds convenience and freshness and also mitigates some of the impacts of the newly implemented ELD law that will be 100 percent enforced on April 1, 2018.