About 1.7 million commercial truck drivers in the United States are mandated to install electronic logging devices, or ELDs, by Dec. 18.
The problem is that many truckers aren't even close to complying.
C.H. Robinson has a vested interest in helping the truckers make the deadline.
The Eden Prairie-based Fortune 500 company is one of the top logistics providers in the country and needs those truckers to get products to customers on time.
So the company has teamed with One20, a free membership community for professional drivers, to provide discounted equipment and training.
The ELDs, mandated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), will automatically record driving time and monitor engine hours, vehicle movement, miles driven and location information.
The devices will make recording hours of service data easier — and hopefully more accurate — greatly reducing the need to manually record them in paper logbooks.
Duane DeBruyne, an FMCSA spokesman, said the agency estimates the ELD mandate annually "will save 26 lives and prevent 562 injuries resulting from crashes involving large commercial motor vehicles."