Operator responsibilities vs. driver responsibilities (use of ELD)

The new regulations require the operator to comply with the following legal obligations:

• Justify periods of unauthenticated driving time that have not been attributed to drivers
• Keep activity reports for a minimum period of 6 months (separate systems)
• Ensure that drivers have the required ELD documentation aboard the vehicles
• Provide activity reports to an inspector in the case of an audit
• Understand harassment regulations and and their sanctions
• Understand and comply with applicable laws
• Provide and maintain all information related to driver accounts
• Ensure that drivers are using the ELD with the correct account
• Review the content of activity reports and suggest changes electronically if necessary
• Keep the required supporting documents

At the operational level, the operator must also:

• Support drivers in the daily use of the ELD (level of support S1)
• Ensure that ELDs are properly installed, properly deployed, in good working order and used safely
• Create and maintain a collaborative working relationship with the ELD supplier.

As far as the driver is concerned, his responsibilities include:

• Management of activity changes related to service hours (OFF, SB, D, ON)
• Annotation of activities when necessary
• The indication of the location of an activity if it was not recorded automatically
• Verification or entry of information regarding tractor number, trailer number, bill of lading
• The allocation of unauthenticated driving time belonging to himself
• Review of modifications suggested by the operator
• The transmission of activity reports to roadside inspectors as part of an inspection
• The certification of each of its activity reports