Given the diversity of the industry, FMCSA has identified five categories of supporting documents: Bills of lading, itineraries, schedules, or equivalent documents that show the starting and ending location for each trip; Dispatch records, trip records, or equivalent documents; Expense receipts related to “on-duty/not driving” periods (meals, lodging, fuel,...
Motor carriers must retain RODS and supporting documents for six months.
Motor carriers must retain up to eight supporting documents for every 24-hour period that a driver is on duty. Drivers must submit their records of duty status (RODS) and supporting documents to the motor carrier no later than 13 days after receiving them. If a motor carrier retains more...
All motor carriers and drivers must comply with the supporting documents requirements starting December 18, 2017.
If your operation uses AOBRDs and you replace vehicles in your fleet with new commercial motor vehicles, you can install existing AOBRDs in the new CMVs. However, you may not purchase and install a new AOBRD in a vehicle after December 18, 2017.
During the period when both “grandfathered” AOBRDs and ELDs will be used (December 18, 2017 to December 16, 2019), authorized safety officials will enforce ELD rule requirements for ELDs and the requirements in 49 CFR 395.15 for “grandfathered” AOBRDs. The supporting document requirements for drivers and motor carriers using...
Motor carriers and drivers subject to the ELD rule must start using ELDs by the compliance date of December 18, 2017, unless they are using a grandfathered Automatic On-board Recording Device (AOBRD).
A “grandfathered” AOBRD is a device that a motor carrier installed and required its drivers to use before the electronic logging device (ELD) rule compliance date of December 18, 2017. The device must meet the requirements of 49 CFR 395.15. A motor carrier may continue to use grandfathered AOBRDs...
Prior to December 18, 2017 drivers and motor carriers can use: Automatic onboard recording device (AOBRDs), ELDs, Paper logs or Devices with logging software programs.
Prior to the compliance date of December 18, 2017, ELD use is voluntary. Safety officials will review ELD information to determine compliance with the hours of service regulations and to detect falsifications.
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