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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is moving forward with the electronic logging device mandate (also known as electronic onboard recorders). The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is expected to okay it for publication in early November, so the FMCSA can publish by Nov. 18. Public comment will be accepted until Jan. 20.
The FMCSA has also made another proposal aimed at protecting truck drivers from working in violation of safety regulations. The agency’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to driver coercion is expected to be cleared by the OMB by Oct. 1.
The electronic logging device (ELD) mandate was part of last year’s highway funding authorization act. The act also instructed the FMCSA to address truck driver coercion. The coercion mandates went into effect last October and state that regulations must be in place to prevent carriers, shippers, receivers and transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers to violate safety regulations.
In order to support revisions to rulemaking regarding ELDs, FMCSA officials proposed to interview drivers and carriers to gather data on ELDs and harassment. The Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association and the American Trucking Associations support the survey efforts, but found the questions used in the study to be irrelevant or unclear. FMCA plans to gather 1,039 responses from truck drivers and carriers.
