2024 Driver Facts PDF

Access to the platform ts limited to authorized employees; and (3) ‘The authorized employees are trained” Employer Training Requirements: The final rule requires that all employers must provide training for each employee by a qualified person. The training must include: (1) The nature of the fa...

Access to the platform ts limited to authorized employees; and (3) ‘The authorized employees are trained” Employer Training Requirements: The final rule requires that all employers must provide training for each employee by a qualified person. The training must include: (1) The nature of the fall hazards in the work area and how to recognize them; (2) The procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards; (3) ‘The correct procedures for installing, inspecting, operating, maintaining, and disassembling the personal fall protection systems that the employee uses; and, (4) The correct use of personal fall protection systems and equip- ment. Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) An Electronic Logging Device (ELD) 1s a device installed in a CMV that monitors hours of service compliance. The requirements for using ELDs are found in Section 395.8 and Subpart B to Part 395, and the technical specifications ELDs must meet are found in Appendix A to Subpart B of Part 395. Though not mandated in the regulations, some ELDs can also track vehicle and driver performance such as fuel economy, speed, and onboard events. FPMCSA issued the final rule requiring ELDs in December 2015, and it went into full effect in December 2019. All motor carriers and drivers subject to FMCSA's record of duty status requirements in 395.8 must be using an ELD to record hours of service, unless one of the ELD exemptions applies. There are ELD exemptions for drivers who only occasionally have to complete a record of duty status (8 or fewer days in the last 30 days), drivers involved in drive- away operations, drivers involved in recreational vehicle driveaway/ towaway operations, and drivers operating a vehicle older than model year 2000 (as evidenced by the vehicle's VIN or engine serial num- ber). Effective January 1, 2023, motor carriers operating in Canada were required to comply with the Canadian ELD requirements, based on a rule that went into effect in June 2021. These regulations require 39