ELD required
 18. (1) An operator shall ensure that each commercial motor vehicle that it operates is equipped with an ELD that, (a)  meets the requirements of the Technical Standard; (b)  is mounted in a fixed position during the operation of the commercial motor vehicle; (c)  is visible to the driver when the driver is in the normal driving position; and (d)  is used only with an engine of a type for which the ELD was certified. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (2) A driver shall not drive a commercial motor vehicle that is not equipped with an ELD. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (3) The driver shall, (a)  record for each day, in accordance with this Regulation and the Technical Standard, all of the information required by this Regulation and the Technical Standard as their duty status changes; and (b)  manually input or verify the information set out in subsection (4) in the ELD of any commercial motor vehicle driven. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (4) The information referred to in clause (3) (b) is the following: 1.  The date and the start time, if different from midnight. 2.  The driver’s identification number. 3.  The cycle that the driver is following. 4.  The number plate of each commercial motor vehicle to be driven and each trailer to be drawn by the driver on the day. 5.  The name of any operator by which the driver was employed or otherwise engaged during that day and the addresses of its home terminal and principal place of business. 6.  The commercial motor vehicle’s location description, in accordance with subsection (5), if it is not automatically drawn from the ELD’s geo-location database. 7.  If the driver was not required to keep a record of duty status immediately before the beginning of the day, the number of hours of off-duty time and on-duty time that were accumulated by the driver each day during the 14 days immediately before the beginning of the day. 8.  Any deferral of off-duty time under section 7. 9.  If the driver was working for more than one operator during the current day, the start and end times of each duty status in the current day, before the use of the ELD. 10.  Any annotation necessary to complete the record of duty status. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (5) A location description referred to in paragraph 6 of subsection (4) shall include, (a)  the city, town, village or highway; and (b)  the province or state. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (6) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply to a commercial motor vehicle that is, (a)  driven by a driver who is exempt under section 23; (b)  Revoked:
O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (2); (c)  a school bus within the meaning of section 175 of the Act; (d)  operated by an operator under a certificate issued under section 191 of the Act; (e)  the subject of a rental agreement of no longer than 30 days that is not an extended or renewed rental of the same vehicle; (f)  manufactured before model year 2000; or (g)  being driven for the purpose of sale or lease by a person in the business of selling, leasing or transporting vehicles, so long as the vehicle is unladen and is not drawing any other vehicle, other than an unladen motor vehicle with one or more sets of wheels on the surface of the roadway. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1, 2). (7) No driver shall use more than one ELD at the same time for the same period. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (8) No operator shall request, require or allow a driver to drive a commercial motor vehicle without complying with subsections (2), (3) and (7). O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (9) If an operator authorizes a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle for yard moves within a terminal, depot or port that is not on a highway, the operator shall ensure that the driver’s ELD has been configured so that the driver can indicate those moves. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (10) An operator shall create and maintain a system of accounts for ELDs that is in compliance with the Technical Standard and that, (a)  allows each driver to record their record of duty status in a distinct and personal account; and (b)  provides for a distinct account for the driving time and on-duty time of an unidentified driver. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1). (11) The operator shall ensure that each commercial motor vehicle that it operates that is required to be equipped with an ELD carries an ELD information packet containing a current version of the following documents: 1.  A user’s manual. 2.  An instruction sheet for the driver describing the data transfer mechanisms supported by the ELD and the steps required to generate and transfer the data with respect to the driver’s hours of service to an inspector. 3.  An instruction sheet describing the measures the driver shall take if the ELD malfunctions. 4.  A sufficient number of records of duty status forms to allow the driver to record the information required under section 21 for at least 15 days. O. Reg. 715/21, s. 11 (1).