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`Summary
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`This Inspection Bulletin reviews the requirements for devices used to record drivers’ hours of service according to
`49 CFR 395.15 Automatic On-board Recording Devices. It will identify the minimum requirements for devices to
`be a compliant AOBRD and information that must be displayed and available to roadside enforcement for hours of
`service compliance.
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`Background
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`On August 26, 2011, the 7th District Court of Appeals vacated 49 CFR 395.16 for Electronic On-board Recording
`Devices (EOBRs) from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. With the regulation vacated, all electronic
`devices used to record drivers’ hours of service must meet the requirements for AOBRDs provided in 49 CFR
`395.15.
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`Definition
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`As defined in 49 CFR 395.2, an AOBRD means, “an electric, electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical device
`capable of recording driver’s duty status information accurately and automatically as required by 395.15. The
`device must be integrally synchronized with specific operations of the commercial motor vehicle in which
`it is installed. At a minimum, the device must record engine use, road speed, miles driven, the date and time of
`day.
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`Provided is a XATA Turnpike Diagram displaying how the AOBRD is integrally synchronized with specific
`operations of a CMV. Not all AOBRD devices will be integrally synchronized in the same manner as the XATA
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` Diagram: Integrally synchronized with specific operations of the commercial motor vehicle.
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`Information Requirements
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`AOBRDs must produce, upon demand, a driver’s hours of service chart, electronic display, or printout
`showing the time and sequence of duty status changes including the driver’s starting time at the beginning of
`each day. A device unable to print a copy of the driver’s record of duty status is not a violation if the device
`displays an hours of service chart or electronic display of each duty status change for the current day and the
`previous seven days.
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`Support systems used in conjunction with AOBRDs at a driver’s home terminal or a motor carrier’s principal place
`of business must be capable of providing Federal, State or local officials with summaries of a driver’s hours of
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`Minimum Electronic Display Requirements
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`AOBRDs with electronic displays shall have the capability of displaying:
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`i. Driver’s total hours of driving today;
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`The total hours on duty today;
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`Total miles driving today;
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`Total hours on duty for the 7 consecutive day period, including today;
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`Total hours on duty for the prior 8 consecutive day period, including the present day; and,
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`The sequential changes in duty status and the times the changes occurred for each driver using the
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`The AOBRD must also be capable of recording separately each driver’s duty status when there is a multiple-
`driver operation.
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`There are location record requirements for each duty status change that need to be noted. For each change of
`duty status (e.g. the place and time of reporting for work, starting to drive, on-duty not driving and where released
`from work), the name of the city, town, or village, with state abbreviation shall be recorded. Motor carriers are
`permitted to use location codes in lieu of the name of the city, town, village or state. When using location codes,
`the list of codes showing all possible location identifiers must be carried in the CMV and made available to an
`enforcement official upon request.
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`On-Board Information
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`Each CMV with an AOBRD installed must have on-board an information packet containing an instruction sheet
`describing in detail how data may be stored and retrieved from the recording system. Each CMV must also have
`a supply of blank driver’s record of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver’s duty status and other
`related information for the duration of the current trip.
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`Guidance
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`Federal, state and local officials need to check for the following when conducting roadside inspections when an
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` Verify the device is integrally synchronized with the CMV;
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` Ensure the device is capable of displaying the record of duty status for the last 7 days, plus the current
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` An instruction sheet describing how data is stored and retrieved from the system is on-board the CMV;
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` A supply of blank record of duty status sheets (graph-grid) in case the AOBRD device fails to function is
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` The driver can demonstrate the use of the device; and,
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` The AOBRD is not required to produce a printed copy of the driver’s record of duty status at the time of
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`XATA Turnpike and JJ Keller vendor screen shots of various displays samples.
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