USDOT Agency Nixes Upgraded Rear Impact Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
Electronic logging devices, ELDs, to record driver hours of service (HOS) have been required for most interstate motor carriers since 2016. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration adopted a lengthy list of technical specifications for ELDs. ELD providers self-certify that their devices meet those technical standards and register the devices with FMCSA. FMCSA maintains a list of those registered electronic logging devices.
Unlike Canada, which requires an independent technical review of an ELD before it is accepted for use in that country, FMCSA does not review whether the ELDs are compliant before the provider can register them. However, FMCSA will revoke the registration of an ELD should the device be found out of compliance with its technical standards.
Recently FMCSA has revoked ELDs:
Additional ELD Revoked (last updated 8/3/23)
ALL TRUCKERS ELD |
ARS |
ARS194 |
All Truckers ELD |
GOLDEN ELD |
GRS |
GRS199 |
GOLDEN ELD |
PRIMELD |
PRS |
PRS139 |
Primeld |
SECURE ELD |
SRS |
SRS224 |
WBCS Group LLC |
These devices now appear on FMCSA’s Revoked Devices list. Motor carriers and drivers who are using these revoked devices must take the following actions:
For ELD ONE, the 60 days are up on April 1, 2023. For Nationwide ELD, the deadline is April 4, 2023 and for ONE PLUS ELD, the deadline is April 10, 2023.
So, is your ELD legit? Click “Registered ELDs” on the FMCSA website. If your ELD is not shown as registered, click “Revoked ELDs”, and see if you are within the 60 days to replace your ELDs.
Operating in Canada? View the list of approved Canadian ELDs.
For ELD ONE, the 60 days are up on April 1, 2023. For Nationwide ELD, the deadline is April 4, 2023.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and now Hurricane Helene in 2024, with Milton bearing down on the Gulf Coast! Major storms, with major disaster areas and the need for emergency supplies, most of which come by truck.
FMCSA is hard at work on a new online registration system, to “improve the transparency and efficiency of FMCSA’s registration procedures”.