BOSTON – In a surprising regulatory shakeup, three formerly approved electronic logging devices were quietly revoked, putting thousands of drivers at risk of noncompliance. As of the enforcement date, any driver still running those units is considered to be operating without a valid log device.
Inspectors caught several trucks mid-route flashing warnings like “Device Deprecated” or “Unregistered ELD,” forcing drivers to switch to paper logs on the spot. Dispatch centers nationwide entered triage mode, scrambling to audit devices, accept last-minute swaps, and field frantic calls from drivers unsure whether their loads would be rejected.
Repair shops have been inundated. One technician joked he’d seen more ELD replacement orders this week than brake failures. Rumors circulated that some drivers were trying to firmware-hack their units back into compliance, but those efforts have reportedly failed inspections.
In rest areas, drivers swapped horror stories: “It went red just when I hit the state line,” one said. Another added, “I had to argue with a weigh-station inspector over whether a blinking light meant ‘defect’ or ‘I just need a nap.’”
Regulators maintain the revocations were necessary: those units failed recent, strict technical audits. But for many drivers, the timing couldn’t have been worse, especially in remote regions with limited support.
One veteran driver shrugged, “So I trusted a cheap log box, then the law fired it. Now I’m back in 1985 with pen and paper.”
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