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What's Happening Now
May 6, 2011 11:17 am
Thank you for your input, gorskibulk. Many commenters who identify themselves as experienced drivers say that EOBRs feel like a punishment and that the devices do not improve safety. Do you have any experienced drivers at your company who switched to EOBRs, and if so, could you describe their view before and after making the change?
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Providing you are a company that educates and monitors your fleet you have nothing to worry about with EOBRs. A lot of the fear of EOBRs seems to stem from a lack of good practises following the HOS in the first place, maintaining safe and operational vehicles and having to be accountable for everything in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation handbook. Drivers and the Company’s they work for need to truly understand what is required by law when operating a trucking operation. Before CSA and EOBRs there was no universal USA wide to understand or score carriers. We’ve heard from many companies that CSA makes it a lot clearer what they are buying into.
At Gorski Bulk Transport, we have a long history of winning countless safety awards for being a safe carrier and we are committed to continuous improvement.
Most of our drivers accepted the change as no different than paper logs, understanding that this is the nature of the industry. We have drivers that have been with us from anywhere between 1 to 30+ years. A few at first refered to it as the ‘egg timer on the dash board’ – but after using it for a few months and learning the software I haven’t had a single complaint. In fact, when there are computer problems or a driver needs to go to temporary rental unit they complain that they have to keep paper logs again! Our fleet is actually 100% EOBR and have been for almost a year.
We gradually introduced them to our team and we work with our entire fleet so that they are fully capable of using them with confidence. There has been no issue in terms of safety either. We also… more »
Perhaps the difference is that we are deeply committed to our team and that’s why we have had success with EOBRs? I would like to think so. « less