在2014年2月11日，文件照片，卡车司机停在莫森的加油站，GA。，北部地铁亚特兰大北部，填补了拖拉机拖车钻机。（AP照片/ David Tulis，文件）
据估计，300万商业卡车和公交车司机必须在新的政府规则下电子录制他们在车轮后面的数小时，旨在执行旨在防止疲劳的规定。
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to release the final rule on Thursday. A copy was provided to The Associated Press.
Drivers have been required to keep paper logs of their hours dating back to 1938, but accident investigators and safety advocates have long complained that it’s easy to change the logs or keep two different sets of records to evade restrictions on hours. Electronic logging devices automatically record driving time by monitoring engine hours, vehicle movement, miles driven, and location information.
“这种自动化技术不仅将伐木记录带入现代时代，它还允许路边安全检查员向揭开违反危险的联邦法律，”Anthony Foxx表示。
需要更难以篡改的电子记录的努力，这是由拥有卡车或小舰队的卡车的司机反对。司机说，雇用他们运输运费的公司将能够访问电子日志和压力驱动因素，即使他们想要休息，也能够访问没有达到合法允许的时间限制的电子日志和压力驱动因素。
起诉安全管理局的业主 - 运营商独立驱动程序协会，以阻止该规则，在其网站上表示，它的网站表示，它的问题“需要在安全的未经证实的技术上花钱，而不是在安全的情况下没有比纸质日志更有效和服务时间合规。“
安全管理局估计电子设备将每年提供10亿美元的净节省，主要是通过文书工作减少。它还估计约26个生命，每年将保存562次伤害。该规则还载有程序和技术规定，该规定旨在保护商业卡车和公共汽车车辆免受设备产生的信息由设备产生的信息，表示。
规则集的性能和设计要求for the devices. It also exempts from the requirements tow truck drivers, drivers who use time cards to record their hours and trucks and buses older than model year 2000. Drivers living in Canada and Mexico that operate on U.S. roads will also be required to use the devices.
The rule goes into effect in 60 days, and gives companies two years after that to start using the devices. Companies which have previously installed recording devices that meet current standards but don’t meet requirements of the new rule can continue to use them for four years. The rule permits the use of smart phones and other wireless devices for recording driving hours so long as they satisfy technical specifications and are approved by the agency.
Although the Department of Transportation was ordered by Congress to develop regulations requiring electronic recording devices in 1995, the safety administration didn’t take action until ordered to do so by a federal appeals court in 2004 in a lawsuit regarding limits on trucker hours. The agency’s first attempt at a rule was overturned by another federal appeals court decision in 2011.
Three years ago, Congress again directed the safety administration to issue a rule requiring the devices and set a deadline of Oct. 1, 2013.
提起：Industry regulations
