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February 26, 2011 11:05 am

the companies that want these are either the anti trucking groups or the companies that already have a poor record of compliance.
The financial burden for the Owner-operators will drive many out of business without improving safety, which is suppose to be the stated goal.
the over regulation of this business is driving many small business owners to bankruptcy and the government seems to care less.
for safety?? my aunts petutie

February 28, 2011 9:30 pm

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 »

…down to the truck owners this is just one of many over-burdensome regulations that will kill the owner operators in this business.
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
March 3, 2011 2:31 am

the company i am leased to has not come out with have not come out with firm numbers but estimates are in the 1200 to 2000 dollar range with a WEEKLY charge of 40 to 60 dollars.
I have been an owner operator for over 12 years now and have seen my bottom line drop to almost nothing.
the high costs of over regulation along with the facts that freight rates today are where they were 10 years ago add the fact that maintenance costs are outrageous is pretty much unbearable for the little guy to even come close to making a living.
I have 5 csa points and they are over a paper work issue that I was told that I could have had erased but i didn’t appeal it in time but at the time that this issue came up there was no way to appeal it.
so it isn’t like I am not a compliant driver and not… more »

…only do I resent being punished because of the few bad apples in this industry, I cannot bear the weekly cost of the monitoring but the cost of buying this monstrosity will take the money I have saved for a vacation for me and my wife,the fist we have been able to plan in over 5 years because of the slim profits that have been able to generate.
I have about decided that the government could care less about the small business owner in trucking and have teamed up with the driver mill companies that hire new students that have no idea on how to be compliant and even worse are not safety first oriented so if they want to force me to come up with another 2 to 5 thousand a year to prove that I am following the rules then I will take the loss on my equipment and find some work that is less stressful more profitable in the process and watch the carnage that will surely happen as the proven safe drivers give up in frustration and the new breed of inexperienced super truckers take over from the proven safe old hands « less
February 28, 2011 9:04 am

Thanks for your comment, gearjammer. You don’t seem to think that mandatory EOBRs would improve safety. Can you give reasons why not?

March 2, 2011 10:40 am

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.

March 3, 2011 12:05 pm

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.


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