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Rescinding the Requirement for Electronic Logging Device Operator's Manual Located in Commercial Motor Vehicles
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 30, 2025. Comments closed on July 29, 2025.
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What the agency says
FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to rescind the in-vehicle electronic logging device (ELD) operator's manual requirement for commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). FMCSA currently maintains a list of the ELD vendors who have self-certified their products including submission of the operator's manual. Additionally, drivers are required to understand the operation of the ELD on the vehicle. There is no readily apparent benefit to continuing to require that the users' manual be in the CMV. This proposal would eliminate an unintended regulatory burden on motor carriers without compromising safety.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-09711
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Published
- May 30, 2025
- Comments due
- July 29, 2025
- Dates
- Comments must be received on or before July 29, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0114
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2126-AC88
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 395
- Topics
- Highway safety; Motor carriers; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 4
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