OTTAWA -- Hoping to solicit feedback from the trucking industry, the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators has authored a discussion paper on electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs).
In preparation for a possible Canadian rule on EOBR usage, the paper highlights issues of compliance, data requirements and implementation, and how they apply to carriers' business.
Following a "project charter" drafted last fall, this paper includes a brief discussion on each issue associated with EOBR compliance and concludes with questions to guide carriers' input.
Harmonization with the U.S., is perhaps the most critical point for discussion. Arguably, impending EOBR legislation is driving a Canadian mandate and with close to ten million truck trips a year across the border, Canadian authorities want to be careful of not drafting a rule in isolation of how U.S. authorities approach the issue.
CCMTA acknowledges that the U.S.'s final is expected to be broader in scope than originally proposed, and a subsequent rule is expected later in 2010 that would capture a wider population of carriers.
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