level and in the process bankrupt a lot of good and compliant owner-operators. Gearjammer, the agency wants to know if there are specific reasons why the CMV costs of the basic EOBR proposal are unreasonable. Can you provide some numbers? Check out FMCSA's analysis of EOBR Device Costs to see what the agency thinks and whether you agree. ere is the latest figures from landline mag. on accidents which shows that todays drivers are the safest in history so why drive the good and compliant driver out of business with overburdonsome regulations As miles traveled increase, the 2009 fatality rate of 1.13 deaths per 100 million miles traveled was the lowest since 1950. Highway deaths totaled 33,808 in 2009, and despite a 9.7 percent decrease over the previous year, end quote while any death on our highway is one too many it will be impossible to completely eliminate them. BUT thru over regulation and the resulting loss of the demonstrated "good" drivers from the pool you will surely see a large increase in accidents as the new breed of inexperienced drivers take to the highways, many of which will push too hard and cause accidents as they try to make a living due to low wages and their efforts to beat the clock. as in everything government when there is a good outcome from a little regulation then the powers that be decide that a little regulation did a lot of goo then a lot of regulation will do great