Comments on: What about privacy concerns?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 16 May 2011 15:35:57 +0000

The Regulation Room team summarizes the discussion that has taken place here on the site and submits it to FMCSA as a formal comment. We write detailed summaries, and the agency does address them in the final rule. (To see an example, you can look at the recently completed airline passenger rights rule here.) We’ll be posting draft summaries of the EOBR discussion this week so that users can review them and suggest improvements. Then we’ll make changes to the summaries, based on users’ comments, and submit the final summary to DOT on the last day of the comment period.

So you definitely don’t have to post your comments to http://regulations.gov to make sure that FMCSA sees them, although if you want to, you can do that here.

By: RDB

RDB — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:20:33 +0000

Hey moderator! two questions. Is the request for comments regarding driver harassment by EOBR’s a separate process with comments made elsewhere or can we make them on regulation room. If so, under which category? Also, will all comments made on regulation room be included as public comment as written or do we need to repost our comments on the federal register to ensure they are heard? I like the regulation room concept and endorse it for future regulatory reviews. Thanks!

By: Trucking

Trucking — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:20:26 +0000

MR moderator you asked a question where damnin found his stats, however you can for the most part back much of his stats on the FMCSA OWN WEB site. Look under heavy trucks fatal truck accidents, and start reading. MR RAY LA Hood needs to look at their own stats before he runs of with the mouth, when stating accident stats. And then so many wounder why so many drivers distrust the FMCSA and their agenda

By: cln37

cln37 — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:11:09 +0000

You can comment on another post by clicking on the “reply” button that appears on the bottom right hand corner of the post. You seem to be suggesting that EOBRs are very inflexible. What are some suggestions on how to make the EOBRs more workable? How does your experience with the elogs compare to that of the EOBR?

By: Bullwhip

Bullwhip — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:44:27 +0000

I think if you are a owner or lease operator you should be not under this. They have to worry about way to much, and they want more. When does it stop, they get hit with road tax, high fuel prices. etc..

By: cln37

cln37 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:21:37 +0000

Hi damnin. Why do you believe that the EOBR data will micromanage your time and create more fatigue?

By: cln37

cln37 — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 01:18:13 +0000

Hi damnin. Would you share with us your source for the statistics that you cite for the low number of truck crashes?

By: okcarhauler

okcarhauler — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:32:20 +0000

the only way a driver makes any money is when the truck is moving. If the shipper or reciever holds you up, your not making a dime. So you either fix the logs, or go broke, Its that simple. The Federal goverment knows this, they just look the other way. If everyone had to log legal because of the eobr’s, there would be a need for more trucks on the road, more drivers, improved freeways to handle the trucks just to keep up with whats being shipped now. Everything will go up. The ecomony can’t handle that.

By: damnim

damnim — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:46:07 +0000

I own and operate my own truck. The FMCSA now mandates that companies with a “HIGH” safety risk are required to install EOBR’s. Now the FMCSA utilizing manipulated data wants to force EOBR’s on all interstate truckers. Am I to presume then we are all guilty of being unsafe law breaking drivers now? If I don’t want an EOBR in “MY” legally owned truck, that should be my choice, not the governments. I drive safely and responsibly and I don’t need the government to force me to install a spendy piece of equipment to make sure that I do. I also don’t need the “fatigue” that will be created when the data from an EOBR is used to “micromanage” my time.

By: damnim

damnim — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:00:27 +0000

“Actually, the FMCSA is deliberately not requiring EOBRs to record things like vehicle speed.”

Mr. Moderator this statement is factually incorrect. If the EOBR records location “City, State” it only requires a little math to figure out how fast the vehicle was traveling between two points. To flesh this out, if the EOBR records the vehicle moving from point A and records a time then records point B when the vehicle stops and records a time then the average speed of the vehicle can be determined. DOT inspectors use this formula to determine if your average speed goes over the speed limit by utilizing the entries recorded in the log books.