Jaclyn O'Laughlin
WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is close to releasing proposals to require electronic logging devices in all trucks and to establish a clearinghouse of positive drug and alcohol tests for truck drivers, Administrator Anne Ferro said.
Congress called for both rules in transportation law MAP-21, though the agency had been working on proposals previously, Ferro said at a Jan. 14 session about FMCSA's research at the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting.
The ELD rule “should be out very soon,” Ferro said. “Is it in the next 30 days? This is what my fingers are crossed for.”
Ferro and others have been working on the ELD proposal for years. “I think we're all seeing the light at the end of that tunnel,” she said.
