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e are roughly four months away<br />
from the initiation of the Electronic<br />
Loggings Devices (ELD) mandate,<br />
which has been created to foster<br />
a safer working environment for<br />
drivers. The deadline for all motor carriers<br />
and drivers to begin using ELDs is December<br />
<strong>17</strong>, 20<strong>17</strong>, according to a mandate passed<br />
down by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration<br />
(FMCSA). Are you ready for the<br />
transition?<br />
The discussion over the ELD mandate<br />
dates back to 2012, when the United States<br />
Congress first enacted the “Moving Ahead for<br />
Progress in the 21st Century” bill – which is<br />
more commonly referred to as MAP-21. Inside<br />
that particular bill was a provision requiring<br />
the FMCSA to develop a rule mandating<br />
the use of electronic logging devices.<br />
It wasn’t until December 2015, though,<br />
that the FMCSA finally passed its official<br />
mandate requiring fleets to transition over to<br />
ELDs. Fleets currently have until December<br />
20<strong>17</strong> to implement certified ELDs to record<br />
hours of service.<br />
What is an ELD?<br />
An electronic logging device, according<br />
to the online resource ELDFacts.com, is a<br />
device that is “used to electronically record a<br />
driver’s Record of Duty Status (RODS), which<br />
replaces the paper logbook some drivers<br />
currently use to record their compliance with<br />
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