FMCSA Orders Colorado Fleet to Install EOBRs

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered a Colorado carrier to install electronic onboard recorders on its fleet by March, after deeming the trucking company in violation of federal hours of service rules.

FMCSA ordered JBS Carriers Inc., Greeley, Colo., to install the devices after the agency’s western service center found the company “in serious violation of federal HOS rules and commercial driver’s license requirements,” FMCSA said in a statement.

The order was believed to be the first of its kind. If JBS fails to comply, it is subject to $81,780 in fines.

Earlier this year, FMCSA finalized an EOBR rule that requires fleets with violations to install the devices. (Click here for previous story.)

Since then, five large fleets backed a bill that would require EOBRs. (Click here for previous story.)