EOBR Rulemaking News

Welcome to Commercial Carrier Journal's special news page covering the status of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) rulemaking. Below you'll find news as it happens, as well as a sampling of relevant articles and magazine content dating back to the EOBR rulemaking proposal in January of 2007.

• EOBR suppliers not surprised by new mandate
  By Aaron Huff , Published February 04, 2011
  On Jan. 31, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that all interstate commercial truck and bus carriers that now use logbooks to track compliance with hours-of-service regulations would have to use electronic onboard ... (more...)
• ATA calls for retention of current HOS rules
  By Jeff Crissey , Published December 02, 2010
  Ahead of the publication of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed rule that will likely amend the current hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers, the American Trucking Associations has issued a white paper ... (more...)
• White House reviews HOS documents plan
  By Avery Vise , Published November 30, 2010
  The Department of Transportation has sent to the White House Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule that would establish regulations governing supporting documents needed to verify drivers' records of duty status, or ... (more...)
• FMCSA forces Colorado carrier to use EOBRs
  By Jeff Crissey , Published November 04, 2010
  The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has mandated the use of electronic onboard recorders for Greeley, Colorado-based JBS Carriers, Inc. The carrier must install EOBRs on its entire fleet of ... (more...)
• 5 trucking companies back EOBR legislation
  By CCJ Staff , Published September 29, 2010
  Five trucking companies on Wednesday, Sept. 29, announced their support for legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) that would require trucking companies engaged in interstate commerce to install ... (more...)
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• NTSB calls for new commercial vehicle safety technology requirements
  By Jeff Crissey , Published September 28, 2010
  The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday, Sept. 28, determined that driver fatigue stemming from sleep loss, circadian disruption and sleep apnea were at fault in its investigation of a highly publicized multi-vehicle accident ... (more...)
• ATA’s Abbott addresses industry safety concerns
  By Jeff Crissey , Published August 26, 2010
  During a presentation at the Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference in Dallas, Rob Abbott, American Trucking Associations’ vice president of safety policy, reviewed a number of safety-related issues facing the trucking industry, including Comprehensive Safety ... (more...)
• ATA seeks stay of FMCSA’s supporting documents policy
  By Avery Vise , Published July 15, 2010
  The American Trucking Associations asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to stay before the effective date its new policy on supporting documents pending revisions the association proposes. Although the agency has not responded, ... (more...)
• Carriers, suppliers seek changes in EOBR specs
  By Avery Vise , Published May 07, 2010
  Leading suppliers of electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) technology and groups representing trucking companies, private fleets, bus operations and law enforcement agencies have asked for two changes in the performance specs that will be required ... (more...)
• The EOBR RULE: Logging a Milestone
  By Avery Vise , Published May 02, 2010
  Although truck drivers have been subject to federal regulation of their work hours for more than 70 years, it wasn’t until last month that the federal government declared that any group of motor carriers must ... (more...)
• Avery Vise: Mandating the inevitable
  By Avery Vise , Published May 01, 2010
  Electronic logs may be universal before they are required.
• Schneider National selects Rair for EOBR reporting
  By CCJ Staff , Published April 29, 2010
  Rair, a provider of risk management services to the transportation industry, has announced that Schneider National has selected Rair to provide the reporting modules for its newly implemented electronic onboard recorder system. "Rair audits our ... (more...)
• PeopleNet debuts CSA 2010, EOBR offerings
  By CCJ Staff , Published April 20, 2010
  PeopleNet, a provider of Internet-based and integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems, has introduced two new service offerings to help the trucking industry comply with recent Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 and electronic onboard recorder ... (more...)
• FMCSA to mandate EOBRs based on a single audit
  By Avery Vise , Published April 02, 2010
  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided to mandate electronic onboard recorders on motor carriers that are shown in a single compliance review to be in serious noncompliance with any major hours-of-service regulation. The ... (more...)
• White House clears EOBR rule
  By Avery Vise , Published March 22, 2010
  A final rule mandating electronic onboard recorders for carriers that have a history of serious noncompliance with hours-of-service rules could be just days away now that the White House Office of Management and Budget has ... (more...)
• House eyes mandatory EOBRs
  By CCJ Staff , Published July 02, 2009
  Highway bill timing unclear as Oberstar, LaHood disagree Key transportation leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives i...
• Let the sun shine in
  By Avery Vise , Published July 01, 2009
  The House highway bill seeks greater visibility into trucking In most years, Congress doesn't do much that targets the tr...
• House transportation funding plan requires EOBRs on trucks
  By CCJ Staff , Published June 26, 2009
  Although the U.S. Department of Transportation wants immediate approval of a short-term surface transportation reauthorization bill, which wou...
• Canada mulls national EOBR standard
  By CCJ Staff , Published June 12, 2009
  The Canadian Trucking Alliance said this week that the nation's Council of Deputy Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety...
• New DOT withdraws draft EOBR rule
  By Avery Vise , Published February 02, 2009
  The newly inaugurated Obama administration on Jan. 20 halted all regulations that...
• Hours rules finalized – again
  By CCJ Staff , Published December 21, 2008
  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last month sent to the White House for review a final rule regarding use of electronic onboa...
• ATA: Petitioners ignoring safety record of new HOS rules
  By CCJ Staff , Published December 19, 2008
  A petition that asks the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider some of the details of the truck drivers' hours-of-service...
• Tech in Focus: Electronic logs
  By Aaron Huff , Published March 06, 2008
  Much has changed during the time fleets have used paperless, electronic logs. Twenty years ago, the first versions of the technology no...
• NTSB seeks tighter controls on paper logs pending EOBRs
  By Avery Vise , Published December 18, 2007
  In response to a July 2004 multiple-vehicle rear-end collision in a construction zone, the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday, Dec...
• Senator wants on-board recorders
  By CCJ Staff , Published November 21, 2007
  U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider electronic on-board recorders, ci...
• One more round for FMCSA’s hours rules
  By CCJ Staff , Published August 08, 2007
  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may be headed back to the drawing board once again in its effort to adopt hours-of-service regulations that will survive judicial scrutiny. Citing mostly procedural shortcomings, the U.S. Court ... (more...)
• Incentives insufficient on EOBRs, ATA says
  By Avery Vise , Published April 23, 2007
  Although the American Trucking Associations generally supports the approach taken in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's...
• Critics of recorder proposal get recorded
  By CCJ Staff , Published March 13, 2007
  It was billed as a "listening session," and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials got an earful Monday, March 12, as a parade of speakers denounced the agency for not universally mandating electronic onboard recorders ... (more...)
• Picking on the bad apples
  By Avery Vise , Published February 28, 2007
  FMCSA proposes to mandate recorders only for serious offenders on hours compliance. Does it go far enough to satisfy political pressure ...
• Big stick, baby carrots
  By Avery Vise , Published February 02, 2007
  The spin from Washington that the proposed rule on electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs) would improve safety by targeting the worst offe...
• FMCSA invites suggestions for EOBR incentives
  By Avery Vise , Published January 30, 2007
  Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing two separate incentives to encourage motor carriers to install electronic onboard recorders, the agency has asked for additional perks it could offer that could improve productivity ... (more...)
• Graves: EOBRs could help carriers manage resources better
  By Avery Vise , Published January 23, 2007
  Rather than limit the productivity of the trucking industry as some fear, eventual widespread adoption of electronic onboard recorders actually could improve the overall management of trucking companies, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said ... (more...)
• FMCSA would mandate recorders for serious offenders
  By Avery Vise , Published January 12, 2007
  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced today, Jan. 11, that it is proposing to require electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs)...
• FMCSA set to present onboard recorder rule today
  By CCJ Staff , Published January 11, 2007
  An announcement about regulated use of electronic onboard recorders for commercial trucks and buses was to be made today, Jan. 11, in Washingt...

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