The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a federal regulation called the ‘Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) Mandate’. To improve road safety by electronically monitoring driver hours of service (HOS). This mandate went into effect in December 2017, and it regulates most commercial motor operators to use a data-recording system, called an ELD. To automatically capture HOS and duty status information of the driver and their vehicle activity.

The ELD mandate’s goal is to increase the reliability of hours-of-service (HOS) records. Which contributes to reducing drowsy driving – a major cause of traffic fatalities. ELD allows for ongoing HOS driver updates, and they can automatically generate much more legible. And easily audited electronic records, as opposed to archaic paper logs. It also includes features such as real-time pre-and post-trip HOS alerts and limits. Data logging, and comprehensive reporting, making compliance with drivers’ hours rules simple.

TruckX provides ELD solutions that are fully compliant with automation and simplification of the mandate for drivers and also fleet management. The ELD device will record the driving time, on-duty time, off-duty time, and the vehicle status automatically, instead of the traditional paper log. The real-time data gained from the device will help to avoid the heavy penalty. For not being compliant with the mandate, and also improving the fleet management strategy. By helping with driver behavior and fleet management.