PeopleNet Explains Need for AOBRD Waiver for ELD Rule
PeopleNet has issued an advisory on the need for an AOBRD waiver of the ELD rule for its customers. Photo: PeopleNet
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With the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration having granted a waiver that gives PeopleNet customers that integrate existing AOBRDs with fleet management and safety systems until March 18 to continue installing ELD-compatible devices running AOBRD software, the supplier has put together material to help address the need for the waiver.
Last month, FMCSA issued a 90-day exemption to ODFL and other PeopleNet customers to address a portion of the ELD rule’s grandfather clause, which states that if a fleet adds any trucks between now and 2019, they must use an ELD, not an AOBRD. That short-term exemption gives affected fleets until March 18, 2018 to integrate their existing AOBRDs to fleet management and safety systems.
FMCSA is now considering a request by one motor carrier for a one-year exemption from the electronic logging rule so that PeopleNet can provide a specific type of software as having been made “on behalf of all motor carriers in similar situations concerning the integration of PeopleNet’s ELD software into fleet management systems.”
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“We stand behind our customers, and the limited three-month [ELD rule] waiver allows a more flexible, seamless transition from AOBRD to ELD software,” said Eric Witty, PeopleNet vice president, product management, in a Feb. 2 statement.
“We are confident that any current challenges will be short-lived as we continue to look ahead past the ELD mandate and build out the PeopleNet platform to meet our customers’ larger long-term needs,” he added. “We will continue to put our customers first as we evolve the platform and invest in their future success.”
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