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Most ELD Violations Aren't Hours Overruns. They're Process Failures.
84% of HOS violations identified through S.A.F.E. are form-and-manner errors — uncertified logs, missing shipment info, unidentified driving minutes, incorrect duty status entries. Not drivers exceeding their hours. Drivers who don't know how to use their ELD correctly.
That distinction matters because the fix is different. Hours overruns are a scheduling and dispatch problem. Process failures are a coaching and training problem — and most of them resolve quickly once someone identifies them and works with the driver. 75% of drivers show immediate improvement after their first ELD coaching interaction.
Log-Level ELD Monitoring
S.A.F.E. monitors ELD data at the log level — not fleet-level dashboards or summary indicators. Logs are reviewed for violations, process errors, and patterns that indicate compliance risk.
HOS rule violations: 10-hour, 11-hour, 14-hour, 30-minute break, 60-hour, and 70-hour rule violations. Each is tracked individually so coaching addresses the specific rule a driver is struggling with, not a generic "HOS violation" label.
Form-and-manner errors: The category that accounts for the majority of findings. Uncertified logs, missing shipment or trailer information, incorrect duty status selections. These are the violations that show up on roadside inspections and contribute to HOS Compliance BASIC scores — and they're almost entirely correctable through coaching.
Unidentified driving: Driving minutes logged without an assigned driver that need to be claimed or cleared. Unidentified driving accumulation is a compliance exposure that many fleets don't monitor until it surfaces during an audit or inspection.
Personal conveyance: Patterns of personal conveyance usage that suggest misuse — extended durations, high mileage, or usage patterns inconsistent with legitimate personal use. Personal conveyance abuse is a form of log falsification and carries serious regulatory consequences.
False log indicators: Patterns that suggest logs don't reflect actual driving activity. S.A.F.E. identifies inconsistencies that warrant further review by fleet management.
Configurable, Coached the Same Way as Camera Events
Each ELD event type — 10-hour rule, 11-hour rule, 14-hour rule, 30-minute break, 60/70-hour rules, sleeper berth, personal conveyance, uncertified logs, missing shipment, missing trailer — can be individually set to Coach and Score, Coach Only, Score Only, or Disabled. ELD settings are available for FMCSA-regulated fleets.
ELD events that are configured for coaching enter the same workflow as camera events. They're included in the driver's single daily coaching digest — camera and ELD items together in one consolidated email. When patterns emerge, the system escalates from coaching to training to management notification based on fleet-configured thresholds.
75% first-interaction improvement on ELD coaching reflects that most of these issues are knowledge gaps, not willful noncompliance. A driver who learns to certify their logs correctly on day one doesn't show up again.
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ELD Compliance Doesn't Fix Itself
If your fleet has unreviewed HOS violations, uncleared unidentified driving minutes, or drivers who keep making the same form-and-manner errors — the data is there. The question is whether anyone is acting on it consistently.
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