Electronic Logging Devices: The Future of Transportation Companies
Since the beginning of the logistics and transportation industries, drivers manually logged their on- and off-duty times. As imagined, this was a loose system that caused concern among lawmakers as to the safety of the drivers, as well as other people on the road. Then in 2017, the U.S. government approved a bill that mandated transportation companies to install ELDs or Electronic Logging Devices. Shipping companies in Toronto don’t have to comply with this mandate, but they will soon need to. Not only does the Canadian government intend to mandate the installation of ELDs, but any company that provides shipping from Canada to the USA has to be in compliance. In other words, a driver can still manually log information while in Canada, but as soon as he or she crosses the border, they have to comply with U.S. laws. On one side, there are a lot of advantages to Canada/U.S. trucking companies using ELDs. Because it limits the number of hours that drivers can be on the road dur...