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Deadline to Transition from

AOBRDs to ELDs Coming

Are you ready for the transition to electronic logging devices?

By Todd Traub transition to electronic logging devices of MAP-21, the Moving Ahead for

Contributing Writer (ELDs) used to monitor and record a Progress in the 21st Century Act.
driver’s hours of service. By Dec. 16, Deadlines for compliance were
The Christmas season will soon motor carriers will be required to be established, including the set grace
be upon us and it will be time to shop, using ELDs in place of automatic on- period ending in December.
decorate, socialize, gather with family board recording devices (AOBRDs). The ELD applies to most motor
and become ELD compliant. Regulatory requirements carriers and drivers required to main-
Wait. What? mandating the use of ELDs were tain records of duty status (RODS) and
For members of the trucking and established in 2012 as part of the extends to commercial buses along with
transportation industry, the December Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety trucks and to Canada- and Mexico-
to-do list includes achieving a full Enhancement Act enacted as part domiciled drivers.

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