NTSB Safety Recommendations H-07-41 and -42

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                   NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATION
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

December 17, 2007

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Safety Recommendations H-07-41 and -42

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The National Transportation Safety Board recommends that the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration:

Require all interstate commercial vehicle carriers to use 
electronic on-board recorders that collect and maintain data 
concerning driver hours of service in a valid, accurate, and 
secure manner under all circumstances, including accident 
conditions, to enable the carriers and their regulators to 
monitor and assess hours-of-service compliance. (H-07-41)

As an interim measure and until industrywide use of 
electronic on-board recorders is mandated, as recommended in 
Safety Recommendation H-07-41, prevent log tampering and 
submission of false paper logs by requiring motor carriers 
to create and maintain audit control systems that include, 
at a minimum, the retention of all original and corrected 
paper logs and the use of bound and sequentially numbered 
logs. (H-07-42)


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