Today’s Trucking reports that commercial vehicle inspectors are allegedly uncovering new ways truck drivers and companies are manipulating electronic logging device (ELD) records, by creating fake co-driver profiles,
Recent investigations highlight a growing concern among enforcement officials across North America: hours-of-service cheating hasn’t disappeared in the ELD era. It’s gotten more sophisticated, reports James Menzies.
“It generates an unlevel playing field for operators on the road,” Marc Taraso, commercial vehicle inspector with the Halton Regional Police Service, told trucknews.com. “And it creates an unsafe condition for all motorists on the roads where we have fatigued drivers who are trying to drive past their hours and trying to avoid sanctions and being placed out of service by manipulating their logs.”
According to investigators, industry groups, and lawmakers, some operators have adapted by exploiting digital vulnerabilities, creating fictitious driver accounts, misusing personal conveyance, manipulating ELD malfunctions, and altering electronic records after the fact. In fact, HOS cheating has become so rampant that the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) made ELD violations one of the main focuses of enforcement activities during this year’s North America-wide International Roadcheck blitz.
Read the full report here.