The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced Tuesday that it has removed four electronic logging devices (ELDs) from its list of registered devices. The affected devices are CTE-LOG ELD, ELD VOLT, PowerTrucks ELD, and TFM ELD.
This decision, effective July 23, follows the companies’ failure to meet the requirement that “an ELD without a printer be designed so that the display may be reasonably viewed by an authorized safety official without entering the commercial motor vehicle.”
FMCSA will issue an industrywide email instructing motor carriers using these revoked ELDs to discontinue their use immediately. Carriers must revert to paper logs or logging software to record required hours of service data and replace the revoked ELDs with compliant devices from the list of registered devices by Sept. 21.
During this time, safety officials should request the driver’s paper logs and logging software or use the ELD display as a backup method to review the hours-of-service data.
According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance OOS Criteria, drivers or carriers who miss the Sept. 21 deadline will be placed out of service and face a “no record of duty status” violation.
For more information on ELDs, visit FMCSA’s ELD implementation website.
