Hours of service violations, as a percentage of total inspections, havebeen cut by about half since the electronic logging device mandate tookeffect in December, according to data released Friday by the FederalMotor Carrier Safety Administration.
In the most recent two full months, since so-called hard enforcement ofthe ELD mandate began April 1, that percentage has dropped to 0.64percent, according to FMCSA’s figures.
From May through August of last year, the number of inspections thatyielded hours of service violations trended at consistent 1.3 percent.In the months leading up to the December 18, 2017, deadline foradoption, that percentage fell slightly to 1.2 percent.
The agency posted a graphic on its website last week with thepercentages. FMCSA says it intends to update the graphic monthly toreport the latest hours of service violation percentage.
The agency’s first graphic, released Friday, shows that hours of servicecitations as a percentage of inspections fell to 0.83 percent inJanuary, the first full month the ELD mandate was in effect. The numbertrended in the 0.8 percent range until April, when inspections resultingin an hours citation fell to 0.69 percent. The number declined againslightly in May to 0.64 percent.
Since April 1, the inspectors have conducted 559,940 inspections, saysFMCSA, with just 4,720 of those resulting in hours of serviceviolations.
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