get by. They do not need any more instruments in their cabs to confuse them and cost them money. This whole rule smacks of people backing it who would profit from the sale, installation, and mainteance of EOBR devises. How many lives do you feel this would save? I work with these people every day in the capacity of a safety consultant. They do not need any more items that will cost them money or confuse them. I have also seen the results from these items and they are confusing, and hard to audit. The system can be easily fooled and will just cause more problems than good. Welcome to Regulation Room ts safety! Thank you for your helpful comment. As a safety consultant for the industry, is there any more information you could provide about the current state of HOS compliance or other safety related information? Information about small businesses would be particularly helpful since they make up 98% of the regulated trucking industry. I do not think there is any way to accurately account for all the possibilities that can occur in trucking and assign a cost to it. so to say that the benefits are greater than the cost are just a way to justify more regulations. The country is currently rejecting excess regulations through the Congress and my thinking is the FMCSA has to get these laws passed quickly while they can.The main factor i have against these regulations is the assumption that you are guilty