Zonar, provider of electronic fleet inspection, tracking and operations solutions for public and private fleets, is updating ZLogs, its hours-of-service application on the Zonar 2020 Mobile Communications Tablet.
The update comes in response to a Congressional suspension of a rule added to HOS regulations and in place since July 1, 2013. The rule required a qualifying restart to contain two off-duty periods between 1 am and 5 am and that it only be used once every 168 hours (or seven days). An amendment to the federal government’s 2015 budget appropriations bill, which was signed into law by President Obama on December 16, repealed that rule, temporarily reverting it to the simple 34-hour restart in effect from 2003 to June 2013. The repeal will expire on September 30, 2015.
The updates to ZLogs will be done over the air and should have minimal impact on operations, according to Fred Fakkema, vice-president of compliance for Zonar.
Customers who have questions about the update should call Zonar’s customer care toll-free: 877-843-3847, or send their questions via email with “34-hour restart questions” in the subject line to [email protected].