Are OTR truckers restricted from speeding?
In a trip over the weekend, we spent a few hours on Sb 95 from NC, through SC, into GA. What I noticed was every single OTR truck doing the speed limit or less. While not faulting the trucks and I hav...
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valhalla360 wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:
Many OTR trucks built since 2000 have been required to be equipped with an ELD, Electronic Logging Device as of December, 2017. Electronic Logging Devices monitor drivers’ stats like speed, mileage, hours, driving habits, and location. Most companies and their insurance carriers generally don't look very kindly on too many over the speed limit flags on the logs. State/federal agencies do not have direct access to the ELD data, a common myth...
Yes & No, the govt doesn't have access to the logs.
Are they currently randomly pulling them and issuing tickets...no.
If there is a crash, you can bet the lawyers will get hold of the logs and they will be used against you.
Not saying this is good or bad, just correcting the statement.
I don't know about E-logs, other than no fudge factor. If you start to leave, then wait for a pedestrian in truckstop to get out of way, they act like it will cost money at the day. But I do know that I had to send a copy of my daily log to home office, to be available for government inspection. (I had to send explanation how I averaged speed when I used GPS driving time.)
And as to the lawyer thing; Back about 20 years back it was reported in a industry publication that a motorcycle running estimated triple speed limit glanced off a car, the median wall, another car, then a solid hit on the back of a trailer. But because the driver would be out of hours before he could of drove the half hour to terminal the trucking company's insurance paid out.
