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What are AOBRD devices?
An AOBRD, or Automatic On-Board Recording Device, is an electronic device that records a driver’s Hours of Service as laid out in the U.S. Hours of Service of Drivers regulations Section § 395.15 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
What’s the difference between an AOBRD and ELD?
There are a number of important technical differences between AOBRDs and ELDs, specifically, the features and functions.
How ELDs differ from AOBRDs:
- Internal synchronization is more clearly defined.
- Requires recording of location information of the commercial motor vehicle each duty status change, plus every 60 minutes while the vehicle is in motion.
- Graph grid of driver’s duty status changes is required (display or printout).
- Must provide warning of unassigned driving time/miles when driver logs in.
- Default to on-duty not driving status when the vehicle has stopped for five consecutive minutes and no driver response to ELD prompt.
- Synchronization to Universal Coordinated Time (UTC).
- Enhanced resistance to tampering.
Can carriers still use AOBRDs?
Many fleets are asking: Is there a grace period for ELDs? Yes, but the gap is closing fast. The phased-in compliance period is coming to an end on December 16, 2019.
In Phase 2 of the ELD timeline, carriers that had installed AOBRDs were grandfathered in and allowed to use their...