Trucking changing significantly on April 1

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Trucking changing significantly on April 1

Advocates say rules will increase safety; foes say they will drive up costs

Matt Handte, executive vice president at Tribe Transportation, monitors GPS data coming from his trucks in Gwinnett County on Friday, March 16, 2018. The data is coming from the trucks’ electronic log systems, which are now mandatory in all large, commercial trucks.

03172018 TRUCKERS 1.jpg — Matt Handte, executive vice president at Tribe Transportation, monitors GPS data coming from his trucks in Gwinnett County on Friday, March 16, 2018. The data is coming from the trucks’ electronic log systems, which are now mandatory in all large, commercial trucks.

Published: Mar 17, 2018, 1:34 AM

Commercial trucking will change significantly on April 1, when federally mandated electronic tracking of trucks becomes mandatory. Congressional action created the electronic log rule for semitrailers in mid-December of 2017, but a grace period allowing the industry to adapt extended the deadline to April, according the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the agency charged with enforcing the regulations.

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