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April 19, 2011 3:56 pm

Go ahead and allow eobr’s, just as long as Every truck on any US Highway has one as well. I found the one I used, Peoplenet worked very well, and took alot less of my time keeping a paper log. There has to be some rules however. If a shipper or reciever holds up the driver, they should be fined no less then $10,000.00 an occurance. When a driver is in on duty not driving mode, they need to be paid a fair hourly wage. If its an owner opperator truck, the truck must be paid as well. I’m talking $20.00 an hr for the driver, and $100.00 an hr for the truck. Everyone wants safety, until safety costs money! Another issue, if a carrier uses an eobr to wake up a driver on his 10 hr break, the carrier must be fined a minimun of $100,000.00 per occurance. Lets see how bad the fmcsa wants eobr’s now.

April 19, 2011 3:59 pm

An eobr will not shut down your truck unless it is programmed that way. It will just log the hos violation.

April 19, 2011 4:07 pm

Everyone wants safety until safety costs anyone any money. If the DOT is going to pay for the Mexican trucks on US Highways to have eobr’s, when they pass this law, they had better pay for my eobr or the DOT will have the biggest class action discrimination lawsuit against them ever.

April 20, 2011 9:52 pm

Very true! I had my dispatcher at Melton Truck Lines in Tulsa Oklahoma both send me a QualComm and Call me on the phone in the middle of my 10 hour break and wake me up to ask me how long before my break was over. I told here 10 hours from right now, because you just interupted my 10 hour dot break. Then I hung up on her, turned off my phone and unplugged the QualComm! I quit that Sorry job 2 weeks later. They don’t want drivers, they want robots!

April 24, 2011 11:32 pm

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.

April 20, 2011 9:27 pm

Okcarhauler, it sounds like you want to comment on the FMCSA’s “Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking Provisions.” In that proposal, the FMCSA discusses the issue with Mexican trucks that you discuss. You can comment on that proposal here.

April 21, 2011 7:22 pm

It sounds like you feel that when drivers violate HOS rules, it’s often because of things outside their control, like your example of shippers and receivers holding them up. It would be great to hear more about your experiences with Peoplenet. What did you like about it?

April 21, 2011 7:24 pm

FMCSA has only identified certain data that an EOBR must collect (you can see that list here). But you point out that they could be used for other things, like waking up a driver on break. Do you have any other examples or concerns about possible misuse of EOBRs?

April 20, 2011 12:33 am

Fact!!! an eobr can and will be used to force a driver to drive when he or she is not rested.. using a qualcomm system i have in the past been awakened at night only to have my dispacher tell me my 10 hours is up and i need to get going. he has no idea how long i had been asleep or resting just that i had been sitting for 10 hours and woke me up at 2;30 am sayin i had to go ive sat my 10 hours.. now how will an eobr make this better.. as an owner operator using no qualcomm and paper logs i slept as long as i wanted and they didnt know the difference..

April 24, 2011 1:46 pm

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.

April 19, 2011 3:56 pm

Go ahead and allow eobr’s, just as long as Every truck on any US Highway has one as well. I found the one I used, Peoplenet worked very well, and took alot less of my time keeping a paper log. There has to be some rules however. If a shipper or reciever holds up the driver, they should be fined no less then $10,000.00 an occurance. When a driver is in on duty not driving mode, they need to be paid a fair hourly wage. If its an owner opperator truck, the truck must be paid as well. I’m talking $20.00 an hr for the driver, and $100.00 an hr for the truck. Everyone wants safety, until safety costs money! Another issue, if a carrier uses an eobr to wake up a driver on his 10 hr break, the carrier must be fined a minimun of $100,000.00 per occurance. Lets see how bad the fmcsa wants eobr’s now.

April 20, 2011 9:52 pm

Very true! I had my dispatcher at Melton Truck Lines in Tulsa Oklahoma both send me a QualComm and Call me on the phone in the middle of my 10 hour break and wake me up to ask me how long before my break was over. I told here 10 hours from right now, because you just interupted my 10 hour dot break. Then I hung up on her, turned off my phone and unplugged the QualComm! I quit that Sorry job 2 weeks later. They don’t want drivers, they want robots!