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"Psst, hey fleets: I've got a compliant ELD for you." How far should you trust self-certified electronic logging device (ELD) vendors in their claim their products are compliant?
ELD companies have been able to register and self-certify their products as meeting the requirements of the ELD mandate for a little over 10 weeks since Feb. 16. So far, though, only a handful have registered, and the head of marketing at one ELD provider says he's already hearing about this from customers.
"People check out our product and you'll hear, 'Okay, looks great, but I'm not going to buy you until you're on the list,'" says Jon Sockell of KeepTruckin, one of the newer ELD players in the market. "Alright, so does that mean they're going to go buy from someone on the list?"
There's been talk among the forthcoming ELD vendors of being first out of the gate, essentially, to certify that their products meet the guidelines. But two-and-a half months after early bird bragging rights have been available, there are three devices registered on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) list - where are all the well-established providers of electronic logging-type devices with their stuff?
Dotting their i's and crossing their t's, essentially. Sockell says many ELD manufacturers including KeepTruckin have been poring...