Each of the drivers needs to log the on-duty, the off-duty, as well as the sleeper berth time.
In other words, they are known as Records of Duty Status in the trucking industry.
20. Drop Frame Trailer
A type of trailer with one or probably more floor levels.
Particularly, these trailers are designed for a minimum to highway transportation distance and they have a capacity for maximum cargo carriage. For example, like the extreme transportation.
21. Dump Body
A dump body is any type of truck body which is tilted to discharge the load.
22. EDI – Electronic Data Interchange
Business to business computer interconnection. To put it in another way, it is an exchange of documents starting from bills of lading to ticket building at the auto plants.
23. EOBR – Electronic Onboard Recorder
A device which automatically records vehicle’s performance of the driver in the trucking industry.
24. Expediting
Explained in the trucking industry as accelerating information, the expedited freight service is normally faster than the usual service type.
