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ELD RULE CHALLENGE DISMISSED BY COURT OF APPEALS

Submitted by Bill on

Last week we reported a story on the OOWNER‐OPERATOR INDEPENDENT DRIVERS ASSOCIATION, INC lawsuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.  This week the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the OOIDA's challenge of FMCSA's ELD mandate. 

 

OOIDA claimed the rule would not increase safety and violates drivers' right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment by subjecting drivers to unconstitutional search and seizure.

 

The court stated that it found that the ELD rule is "not arbitrary or capricious, nor does it violate the Fourth Amendment."

 

To read the opinion by Judge David F. Hamilton and representing Judges William J. Bauer an Michael S. Kanne, click here. 
 
FMCSA finalized the rule last year and the rule will become effective on December 18, 2017.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit dismissed the OOIDA's challenge of FMCSA's ELD mandate. 

 

OOIDA claimed the rule would not increase safety and violates drivers' right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment by subjecting drivers to unconstitutional search and seizure.

 

The court stated that it found that the ELD rule is "not arbitrary or capricious, nor does it violate the Fourth Amendment."

 

To read the opinion by Judge David F. Hamilton and representing Judges William J. Bauer an Michael S. Kanne, click here. 
 
FMCSA finalized the rule last year and the rule will become effective on December 18, 2017.