4 AOBRDs v. ELDs AOBRDs v. ELDs – Highlighting Some Differences OPERATIONAL & AOBRDs ELDs MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES Must be captured and driver must approve or reject at time “Unassigned Driving” Time Not required or addressed of login. If rejected, back office staff must reconcile and retain Defined under new “special driving categories” section. If “Special Driving Not required or addressed by rule. Market has used, must be selected and deselected manually by driver, Categories - Yard Moves” resulted in vendor inclusion in AOBRDs and is captured as “on-duty not driving” while in private yard. No mileage or time limits prescribed. Carrier may elect not to use special category “Special Driving Defined under new “special driving categories” section. If Categories – Authorized Not required or addressed by rule. Market has used, must be selected and deselected manually by driver, Personal Use” of CMV resulted in vendor inclusion in AOBRDs is shown on graph grid as driving time but is, by definition, “off duty” time. Carrier may elect not to use special category Editing function must be provided to driver for mistakes. All Driver Edits Not required or addressed edits must also be “annotated.” Driving time may not be edited by driver. Office Support Staff Edits Not required or addressed Edits by office staff allowed. All edits must be “annotated” and all office staff edits are pending until accepted by driver. Driver Certification Not required or addressed Required driver certification after the final required entry of Daily Record has been made or corrected for each 24-hour period. User Accounts Not required or addressed. Market has resulted Unique username (and other required driver information) in user IDs and passwords required for all authenticated drivers/users. Device Malfunctions – Driver must notify company in writing within 24 hours of Time Period to Not addressed device malfunction. ELDs must be repaired or replaced by Repair or Replace company within 8 days. Driver must revert to paper logs during ELD malfunction period. All ELDs must be registered with FMCSA, and self-certified Device Registration Not addressed by each vendor as compliant. Registered and certified ELDs & Certification are listed on FMCSA ELD website. Carriers may only select and use certified ELDs. Information originally compiled by Scopelitis Transportation Consulting, LLC 18
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