During the last few weeks since we published our All About ELD Mandate blog post we received a lot of inquiries about the exact date when will ELD Mandate take effect.
And finally the date is set by Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for the 16th December 2017.
This way they are ensuring that all drivers and companies have sufficient time to do all the necessary purchases and installation of the devices to stay compliant with the rule.
As said earlier this new rules will have a huge impact on the entire trucking industry, truck drivers and every american life.
In my opinion and calculation there will be slight retail price index increase by 1,2% due to this rule.
Simply shipping cost of goods will increase which is ultimately leading to higher retail prices.
But there is some important things all involved parties should have in mind:
Driver Requirements
- After starting to use ELD drivers are not required to keep paper logs anymore.
- Drivers are required to keep and maintain supporting documentation and send it to the company so that they can store it.
- Drivers must send these supporting documents to their company within 13 days of receiving them.
- Companies must keep documents along with records of duty status for six months.
- Owner operators need to store the documentation and keep it on file.
- Drivers driving vehicles built 2000 and before are not required to have installed Electronic Logging devices in their vehicles.
Truck Requirements
Trucks built 2000 and before are not required to have ELD installed.
