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pkcamper
February 23, 2011 6:38 pm

I do not feel it is necessary for all Drivers to have to use the EOBRs. I agree with the fact that if a driver or company can not comply with the rules then they should be required to have them. As a former owner-operator I feel there is enough expense in having the truck and all the expenses that goes with it without anything else being put on the owner or company to purchase. There are already so many things a driver is responsible for without adding anything else. The EOBR would just be one more thing they would have to keep up with. A paper log is easy you just mark it when you stop and again when you leave. No electronics involved in doing that. I do not see how the EOBR will improve safety either. If a driver does not break the rules and sticks to the HOS then there will be no… more »

…safety issues because he or she will have done what they are supposed to without the EORB. I have read articles about the EORB and from what I have read the input in them is not always accurate. If the driver can modify information that goes into the EORB what good will they be. No different than a paper log. « less
pkcamper
February 25, 2011 7:28 pm

The article is in Landline Magazine. Titled “Why EORBs won’t work”. February 2011 Edition. It says EOBRs can not automatically record the information. It has to be entered manually. It goes on to tell how the EORB can be logged but not properly.

Moderator
February 24, 2011 8:24 pm

Thanks for the comment, pkcamper! Do you have links to the articles you mentioned? Has anyone else found that the information collected by the EOBR could be easily changed?


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