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first, there are now roadside inspections, audits of the carries,both of which are used to enforce compliance,
then the with the new CSA rules the bottom 10% of the carries are required to install EBOR’s which is as it should be, and give the carriers and drivers incentive to be compliant in all areas not just with the HOS but all areas CSA covers.
in todays age if someone is not compliant they are gonna get caught and be required to install the recorders,so why put the added expense upon the owners of the trucks in an environment where the profit margins are so slim to begin with.
Pres. Obama has ordered all agency’s to reevaluate regulations that overburden industries and stifle growth and with the cost of the EBOR’s and monthly costs of monitoring which will be passed… more »
and again the primary companies that want this thing are out to kill the independents by driving up the costs of their competition which this will surely do, if the big companies would spend what is necessary they would not be in the bottom 10% and would not have to install the recorders in their fleets,so why not bring them up to the level of the other 90% instead of dragging the 90% down to their level and in the process bankrupt a lot of good and compliant owner-operators. « less
here is the latest figures from landline mag. on accidents which shows that todays drivers are the safest in history so why drive the good and compliant driver out of business with overburdonsome regulations
As miles traveled increase, the 2009 fatality rate of 1.13 deaths per 100 million miles traveled was the lowest since 1950. Highway deaths totaled 33,808 in 2009, and despite a 9.7 percent decrease over the previous year, end quote
while any death on our highway is one too many it will be impossible to completely eliminate them.
BUT thru over regulation and the resulting loss of the demonstrated “good” drivers from the pool you will surely see a large increase in accidents as the new breed of inexperienced drivers take to the highways, many of which will push too hard and… more »
as in everything government when there is a good outcome from a little regulation then the powers that be decide that a little regulation did a lot of goo then a lot of regulation will do great things, sorry that never works and in this care will have a decidedly opposite effect. « less
Well, if the FMCSA cannot prove that the HOS increase safety, then it cerainly cannot prove that compliance through brute force ala EOBRs will do anything, either.
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FMCSA thinks that by requiring EOBRS, they are working on better enforcement—do you disagree? (If you want to dig into their analysis of compliance with EOBRs, you can do that here.)
bedbugbob, that is a great question, and many share your concern. Can anyone else share information about this?
Thanks for your comment, gearjammer. You don’t seem to think that mandatory EOBRs would improve safety. Can you give reasons why not?
Shawn, you bring up a few things that others haven’t mentioned here yet, and it would be great if you could explain them more. Why do you think requiring EOBRs would cause a loss in state money, rising consumer costs, and more trucks on the highway?
Gearjammer, the agency wants to know if there are specific reasons why the CMV costs of the basic EOBR proposal are unreasonable. Can you provide some numbers? Check out FMCSA’s analysis of EOBR Device Costs to see what the agency thinks and whether you agree.
Gearjammer, you mentioned President Obama’s order for all agencies to re-evaluate regulations. You can see DOT’s request for comments on their regulatory review and leave a comment by visiting the Regulations.gov website,
here.
Thanks for your comment, Keith. You say that FMCSA’s own data and reports verify that EOBRS have nothing to do with improving safety. Can you point out specifically what you are referring to?
Thanks very much for your comment idrive. As you said, the point of EOBRs is certainly not to allow carriers to get around HOS requirements by having drivers switch trucks. Is this common, in your experience? Does anyone know if this sort of thing would be picked up during a roadside inspection when the data is analyzed?