small business operators using small CMV's. Many of these operations use a CMV to transport their goods 5 or less times a month. It simply is unreasonable to make a universal mandate that would include a small business using a truck 5 times a month or one who travels within less than a 100 mile radius. Limiting the scope of the carrier type required to use the EBOR would make the most sense. Who would have to use an EOBR? RODs to EOBRs . In April 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration The agency proposing the EOBR rule ( FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (The agency proposing the EOBR Electronic on-Board Recorder (A device attached to commercial motor vehicles that tracks the number of hours drivers spend on the road) rule) ) adopted a new regulation that requires motor carriers with significant violations of the Hours of Service ( HOS Hours of service (Regulations issued by FMCSA that limit the number of daily and weekly hours a CMV driver may drive) ) rules to install and use Electronic On-Board Recorders ( EOBRs Electronic on-Board Recorders (Devices attached to commercial motor vehicles that track the number of hours drivers spend on the road) ) .  Many people and groups who commented on that regulation wanted FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (The agency proposing the EOBR Electronic on-Board Recorder (A device attached to commercial motor vehicles that tracks the number of hours drivers spend on the road) rule) to