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February 7, 2011 3:44 pm

With paper we stop and get a new book when these stop working we will be down with no way to work till they get fixed how can we live ?

February 7, 2011 3:49 pm

I have one truck and leased to a company who we have to pay this ?

February 7, 2011 4:14 pm

This will be one more thing that some will try to use driving not safe

April 9, 2011 9:21 pm

Over the Road Trucker are payed by the mile not hr and O/O pill have to pay for this out of pocket it just a lost to us and no i have seen ppl playing with these things when driving have talked to ppl that showed me that you can lie to them and they can show you moveing when you are not these things are a way for the OTR Trucker to go under

February 8, 2011 9:23 am

The current regulations on this issue require a user of electronic logs to carry a paper log as a back-up system.

February 8, 2011 2:57 pm

Thank you for your comment sewest, and welcome to Regulationroom! Improving safety is one of FMCSA’s primary reasons for considering the switch to mandatory EOBR use. It seems from your other comments that you own or operate at least one truck. Do you see some type of mandatory EOBR use improving or harming safety? Any knowledge you have about how these devices would work in the real world would be very helpful for FMCSA.

February 8, 2011 5:23 pm

Thanks for commenting on this issue as well sewest. As the owner of one truck, are there specific aspects of these new costs that concern you more than others?

February 6, 2011 10:35 am

Tampering has been a big problem in Europe. Is this something that will be checked for at roadside inspections? Do cops know how to do this? What happens if the device fails on its own and it’s not the driver’s fault?

February 10, 2011 1:02 pm

I operate 2 trucks under my own authority and to incur these expenses along with the lack of flexibility in the current HOS would probably force me to discontinue my operation.