Transport Canada, the equivalent of the FMCSA for Canada, begins its Electronic Logging Device (ELD) enforcement at the beginning of 2023. With it comes a new suite of fines for the Canadian motor carrier regulator to impose on their drivers.
There is a comment period that runs to Dec. 1 where drivers can give their thoughts on the proposed fine structure. Here’s a chart of the proposal:
Drivers could face fines of up to $300 for minor administrative and recordkeeping issues, while carriers would be fined up to $600. Minor infractions for drivers would include failing to accept or reject a carrier’s change to a record of duty status.
For carriers, such infractions would include failing to ensure an ELD is configured to record yard moves or that trucks are equipped with ELD user manuals. Manuals can be either a booklet or a laminated paper with basic information and instructions.
Moderate infractions in the proposal could reach up to $500 for drivers and $1,000 for motor carriers. These violations involve on-duty and driving limits, off-duty requirements, more serious recordkeeping problems that increase incident risk, and issues that hamper the monitoring of compliance.
Examples of such infractions would include carriers that fail to ensure a truck has an ELD which complies with technical standards, or a driver who fails to record all the information associated with their record of duty status, such as location name, BOL #, and Haz-mat safety checks.
Severe violations such as tampering, falsifying, or obstructing ELD log retrieval, serious recordkeeping breaches that prevent effective enforcement, and the most serious cases where people egregiously violated on-duty and driving limits as well as rest requirements risk fines of up to $1,000 for drivers.
Motor Carriers could face up to $2000 fines for allowing truck drivers to use more than one device at the same time and for the same period.
Drivers and carriers can comment on the proposal by following the link to the Transport Canada website.
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