Trucks and drivers are no monitored 24/7 when on the road by the DOT. Any cop can check the log and insurance will base rates on it. Even If you are 2 miles from your destination, but DOT rules say "stop" - you now must stop and rest. its been equivalent to about a 15% reduction in capacity when this electronic log went live earlier this year.
Let the DOT drive those trucks.
The electronic logging also counts if you are sitting in your rig waiting to be loaded. In the past, the log book was for actual driving time(limited to 10 hours/day).
This has resulted in minimal hauls going up 20-40% in cost. Long hauls have gone up but not as big of a percentage.
I also have been hearing for the last several years(before electronic logging became law) that many new applicants could not pass a drug test. Would you want to put a pothead in a $150K tractor, pulling a $75K trailer loaded with a product that could be worth $100k ?
>> Trucks and drivers are now monitored 24/7 when on the road by the DOT <<
I wonder if that’s why I see less tailgating and speeding by big rigs on the Interstates these days?
(For example, I-81 in Virginia sometimes used to scare the daylights out of me. But now, it’s mostly a no-sweat run.)