By 2019, all carriers will be required to use ELD-compliant devices and applications.Īccording to information on its website, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration allows fleet managers to edit drivers’ records of duty status from an AOBRD “to accurately reflect the driver’s activity.” If drivers or companies are allowed to violate the HOS while technically in ‘compliance,’ then they would gain an unfair competitive advantage.”ĮLD Solutions, based in Nashville, Tenn., is apparently trying to sell fleets on what it believes is a unique feature in its application – the flexibility to use the AOBRD version of its electronic logging application or the ELD version (FMCSA 395.16).Įnforcement of the ELD rule begins on December 18, 2017, but the rule contains a provision that allows carriers to wait until December 2019 to comply with the new ELD standard if they have implemented AOBRD-compliant technology before then. “As a small carrier who strives for compliance and agrees with the ELD mandate (for the most part), I feel that the ELD mandate only makes sense if the system is an honest one. The reader, who wished to remain anonymous, had this to say about the email he received and forwarded to CCJ: “We only store the edited version and not the original log,” the email said.ĪOBRD stands for Automatic On-Board Recording Device, otherwise known as FMCSA 395.15, which specifies the conditions by which fleets can voluntary use e-logs in lieu of paper logbooks. The email explained that by using the “AOBRD Mode” a carrier could edit driver logs and not see the original log. The email was sent by ELD Solutions, which announced a product in May that meets the ELD specifications from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Want E-logs that you can edit and add driving time? Recently, a CCJ reader received a marketing email that raised some red flags.

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