Trucks, buses must have electronic logging devices to track driving hours by Jan. 1 | 24CA News

Ottawa is requiring federally regulated business vehicles and buses throughout the nation to be outfitted by Jan. 1 with units to trace driving hours.

The rule is being imposed to guard drivers from logging too many hours on the highway.

Ottawa amended its rules in 2019 and required provinces and territories to adjust to them by mid-June 2021, then prolonged the deadline to the tip of 2022.

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are among the many jurisdictions which have indicated they’ll implement the rule beginning Jan. 1.

In a brand new launch final week, Nova Scotia Public Works Minister Kim Masland stated it’s necessary that drivers in trucking and different sectors preserve correct logs to keep away from fatigue-related incidents.

In Nova Scotia, drivers who journey inside the province or inside a 160-kilometre radius from their base is not going to be required to have one of many greater than 55 varieties of licensed digital logging units put in of their automobiles. Drivers who cross provincial boundaries must adjust to the brand new rule.

Nova Scotia says that Canadian truckers and bus drivers have been required since 2019 to make use of the units when travelling within the United States.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 29, 2022.