This is one of those common sense things. Most people in Washington don't have common sense. When you put someone on a strict time clock where every single minute is counted and you get paid by how many miles you can drive in your allotted 11 hours, what do you think will happen? The first thing that should come to mind, is to drive faster, so you get more miles.
Jason wooten - 2 years ago
I've had several company jobs with eld and dispatcher telling to dive my full 11 hrs and use pc and sleep on an off/ramp sleep at tge shipper/ reciver no food no showers bump my truck up to 76 mph from 63 to drive the same miles as before . Driving reckless so I don't go over one second in volition to get to shipper,reciver,, next exit or truck stop . I had enough I bought my own truck all I coukd afford is an old 96 9371 international I rum more legal now than I did on eld . And safer with not speeding less pressure to " make it to one of my three pre planned parking spots no on/ off ramp tickets since 2019 that's great btw more time to pertrip and not rush a so called 15 minute pretrip I now actually look no peeing wile driving . Eldcis absolutely unsafe
Pete B - 2 years ago
Driven truck since ‘78
Not a believer in electronic logs.
Since we have them
GIVE US PARKING!!!!
Oh never mind you can’t hear us anyway
Richard Davis - 2 years ago
If they want ELDs to be for safety, then they need to do away with the 70-hour limit. That would keep drivers from racing the clock, trying to save or gain minutes. The natural thing to do when you get paid by the mile and are on a strict time clock is to rush, hurry, and cut corners. They exempted livestock haulers from using an ELD because they couldn't safely do their job, is what the DOT/FMCSA said. The only thing they could mean by that is, that ELDs are in exact time whereas paper logs are in 15-minute increments. That 15-minute leeway on each duty change makes a big difference in safety. The Government seems to think livestock needs that safety features more than the truck driver and motoring public. Without a 70-hour limit, then ELDs could be used for what they were supposed to be used for, an electronic time clock.
This is one of those common sense things. Most people in Washington don't have common sense. When you put someone on a strict time clock where every single minute is counted and you get paid by how many miles you can drive in your allotted 11 hours, what do you think will happen? The first thing that should come to mind, is to drive faster, so you get more miles.
I've had several company jobs with eld and dispatcher telling to dive my full 11 hrs and use pc and sleep on an off/ramp sleep at tge shipper/ reciver no food no showers bump my truck up to 76 mph from 63 to drive the same miles as before . Driving reckless so I don't go over one second in volition to get to shipper,reciver,, next exit or truck stop . I had enough I bought my own truck all I coukd afford is an old 96 9371 international I rum more legal now than I did on eld . And safer with not speeding less pressure to " make it to one of my three pre planned parking spots no on/ off ramp tickets since 2019 that's great btw more time to pertrip and not rush a so called 15 minute pretrip I now actually look no peeing wile driving . Eldcis absolutely unsafe
Driven truck since ‘78
Not a believer in electronic logs.
Since we have them
GIVE US PARKING!!!!
Oh never mind you can’t hear us anyway
If they want ELDs to be for safety, then they need to do away with the 70-hour limit. That would keep drivers from racing the clock, trying to save or gain minutes. The natural thing to do when you get paid by the mile and are on a strict time clock is to rush, hurry, and cut corners. They exempted livestock haulers from using an ELD because they couldn't safely do their job, is what the DOT/FMCSA said. The only thing they could mean by that is, that ELDs are in exact time whereas paper logs are in 15-minute increments. That 15-minute leeway on each duty change makes a big difference in safety. The Government seems to think livestock needs that safety features more than the truck driver and motoring public. Without a 70-hour limit, then ELDs could be used for what they were supposed to be used for, an electronic time clock.