OOIDA Claims that States Cannot enforce ELD Mandate

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has filed a legal petition towards the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The petition claims that 26 states have yet to adopt the FMCSA ELD mandate. While 20 of those states have not yet implemented current FMCSA safety procedures in the past three years. As a result, the states not following the regulations are now at risk for federal funding, which would then make them unable to impose regulations, including the ELD mandate. Now the OOIDA has requested the FMCSA to suppress the funding of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to those states until they can comply with the federal regulations. The states that were included in this report responded to the OOIDA’s claims and stated that their codes are up to date. In addition, the FMCSA reported that most states automatically implement federal safety regulations. The FMCSA is now currently working on a legal response OOIDA’s petition.  Read more about the states responses to the OOIDA on Over Drive Online.
 

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