About ELD Mandate

The FMCSA has certain rules and regulations for the Hours of Service (HOS) that limits the number of hours a driver can drive in a single day. Usually, the number of hours is recorded manually and there is no transparency and often the hours of service limit is breached by the drivers. ELD Mandate makes it mandatory for fleet owners to equip their vehicles with an electronic logging device to record the duty hours, which aims to cut down on driver fatigue to reduce road accidents. It is believed that driver fatigue is one of the major reasons for road accidents. As per the mandate, most of the commercial motor vehicles need to have an electronic logging device to keep track of the duty hours and analyses the driving pattern of the drivers. This will make it mandatory for drivers to follow the legal limit and help in analysing the vehicle, driving pattern and track the location of the vehicle and drivers. FMCSA strongly believes that this will help in creating a safe environment for drivers and it will reduce their load.