FMCSA’s EOBR rule officially taken off the books

[Bill McQueen]

FMCSA’s EOBR rule officially taken off the books

In a final rule appearing in the Federal Register on May 14, 2012, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rescinded the final rule published on April 5, 2010, entitled “Electronic On-Board Recorders for Hours-of-Service Compliance” and amended by a September 13, 2010, technical amendment.

This action is in response to a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit that vacated the April 2010 final rule. This most recent rule was effective upon its publication. 2012.

[Trucker Charity]

If you're against the EOBR the time to act is NOW. Yes the DOT took their ruling back, because the Congress is working on it.

The time to make some noise about the costly and unnecessary electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) mandate in the Senate Highway Bill is NOW!

The conferees have met and are beginning to draw battle lines that will impact whether or not this intrusive mandate will be included in the final language of the Highway Bill. You have the ability to push back against the American Trucking Association and other interest groups by making your voices heard on the World Wide Web!

Utilize your social media accounts, Facebook, Twitter and any blogs you write, to stand up for yourself and other owner-operators who oppose this “big brother” mandate. Post on your lawmaker’s Facebook page!  Send him/her a tweet! Help spread the importance of removing this language to other small business truckers and to your Representative by engaging in online dialogue about the harm this mandate will cause to your livelihood!

OOIDA is fighting this issue but needs your help to keep the conversation going!  Add OOIDA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/OOIDA and follow our tweets at www.twitter.com/OOIDA. The louder the stir owner-operators make online, the higher the pressure conferees feel to push for the removal of the EOBR mandate in the Highway Bill!

If you don’t know who your Representative is, go to http://www.house.gov/ and enter your zip.  This will give you the name of your elected official. Click on the name of the representative and it will take you to the lawmaker’s website where you can find contact information including his/her Facebook and Twitter account and an email address or email form page.  Once you find your lawmaker on Facebook and/or Twitter, post comments on their page about how important it is to you as a constituent to have harmful EOBR language removed from the Highway Bill!!

If you don’t use Facebook or Twitter, please fax a letter to your lawmaker.

If you need help getting contact information for your lawmaker, do not hesitate to contact the OOIDA Membership Department at 1-800-444-5791.

Thank you for your continued support!