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What must a Canada/Mexico domiciled motor carrier’s driver do if an ELD malfunction prevents presenting HOS to a safety official at roadside by electronic data transfer, display screen or printout?

Cross Border Transportation ELDs

FAQ004: What must a Canada/Mexico domiciled motor carrier’s driver do if an ELD malfunction prevents presenting HOS to a safety official at roadside by electronic data transfer, display screen or printout?

Answer: If an...

Must a Canada/Mexico domiciled motor carrier’s driver using an ELD in the United States have a printer in the CMV?

Cross Border Transportation ELDs

FAQ002: Must a Canada/Mexico domiciled motor carrier’s driver using an ELD in the United States have a printer in the CMV?

Answer: No. The ELD rule requires that the ability to transfer data...

What happens if cellular network limitations prevent an ELD from transferring data during a U.S. roadside inspection for a Canada/Mexico domiciled motor carrier’s driver?

Cross Border Transportation ELDs

FAQ001: What happens if cellular network limitations prevent an ELD from transferring data during a U.S. roadside inspection for a Canada/Mexico domiciled motor carrier’s driver?

Answer: If there are...

Does the ELD rule require that the driver have editing capabilities?

Yes, the ELD must allow the driver to review, edit, and annotate their ELD records to account for errors and omissions, as specified in Section 4.3.2.8 of Appendix A to Part 395.

How should an ELD respond to battery issues, such as an ELD battery dying due to high temperatures or when charge power runs out?

In cases when the ELD’s battery dies or when the charge power runs out, the ELD must generate a malfunction event. The ELD must set a power compliance...

In Section 4.6.1.7, the rule requires that “an ELD must verify [data transfer] functionality every seven days.” What does this mean?

The ELD must verify that it continues to transfer data using the methods it is designed to support. This verification must happen every...

When an existing record becomes inactive and its replacement record becomes active or inactive‐ change‐requested, is it acceptable that the replacement record has the same sequence ID as the record it replaces?

When an existing record becomes inactive and its replacement record becomes active or inactive‐ change‐requested, is it acceptable that the replacement record has the same sequence ID as the record it replaces?

No, the replacement record must have its own sequence ID...

In a portable device platform, should the event identifier sequence number be associated with the portable device or the vehicle’s black box?

The ELD Rule requires that the event identifier sequence number be consistently applied. It does not specify if the event...

How should the Time Zone Offset from UTC handle daylight savings time?

NOTE: This guidance was rescinded on March 10, 2022, and is no longer in effect. Please see revised guidance FMCSA-HOS-ELD-TECH-395-FAQ26(2022-03-10).

FMCSA-HOS-ELD-TECH-395-FAQ26

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If the vehicle does not track engine hours, can the record begin with “0?”

If it is not possible to obtain the engine hours from the ECM, then the ELD may begin recording engine hours at “0” for the given engine the first time the ELD is used with that engine. After the...

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