The mandate for interstate carriers in the United States to use electronic onboard recorders for hours of service tracking that is in the Senate’s two-year highway bill proposal — S. 1813, currently in conference with a House six-month temporary re-authorization and experiencing no shortage of debate — got a little push from a few big players in trucking legislation yesterday. Namely, the American Trucking Association and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, along with the American Automobile Association and Carbon Express. Their message to Congress urged legislators to adopt the Senate language to mandate EOBRs.
They claimed that “trucking, safety, and law enforcement interests are united in their support of an Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBRs) requirement” because of the positive impacts EOBRs have on safety, compliance with hours of service regulations, and efficiency.
