FMCSA Proposes Using Electronic Data to Verify HOS

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he Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed expanding the types of information that can be used to verify drivers’ hours-of-service logs to include electronic data, the agency said last week.

FMCSA issued a proposal Nov. 3 aimed at clarifying the role of trucking companies in proving the accuracy of driver hours-of-service logs, and in that proposal it called for the use of electronic data as legitimate supporting documentation for driver logbooks.

Currently, approved supporting documents used to check the veracity of driver logs include dispatch records, bills of lading, call-in records, shipping and receiving records, toll receipts and a variety of other receipts “containing verifiable dates, times and locations that can be identified with a specific driver.”

“FMCSA believes that the use of electronic-based record-keeping methods in a supporting documents system is preferred over traditional paper records,” spokesman Dave Longo told Transport Topics.

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