With modern tracking technology, paying over-the-road drivers by the hour concept, which a few years ago…
With modern tracking technology, paying over-the-road drivers by the hour concept, which would’ve been totally counter-productive a few years ago, seems to have significant merit. John Haggerty tells us that Burris Logistics converted some operations to pay with more to follow hourly – and while there were implementation challenges, the overall program has been positive.
Raymond Martinez, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, spoke at the TPA conference. Two quotes:
- “inside the beltway, things move in geologic time”
- “there will be no waivers for AOBRD’s being replaced”
AOBRD (Automated On-Board Recording Device) must be replaced by ELD (Electronic Logging Device) by 16 December this year. An ELD collects more data – and is less “editable” – for example, a driver can’t assign driving time to somebody else. Summary: ELDs make it harder to cheat the system and cost money to implement…another hit to truck availability.