Livestock haulers will protest the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate that is set to take effect in December.
They will travel to Washington, D.C. in June to hold the rally.
According to the Fence Post, members of the livestock industry will communicate the problems with the mandate with lawmakers. Cattle haulers desire an exemption from the mandate, which would require them to use an electronic logging device by December 18.
Lawmakers claim that the aim of the measure is to minimize the opportunity for drivers to change or falsify their logs and to stop motor carriers from demanding that they work past their hours-of-service limits. However, not everyone is on-board with it.
“Anything hauled over 500 miles is where it’s going to really affect us. We just don’t have the ability to unload for 10 hours. What happened is it’s a giant one-size-fits-all mandate. Nobody was at the table saying ‘What about the livestock hauler?’” Steve Hilker of Hilker Trucking, Inc, in Cimarron, Kansas told a reporter.
Meanwhile, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) also opposes the ELD mandate. It believes that such devices are warrantless surveillance and violate the Fourth Amendment.
The Trucking Alliance and ATA, who favor the mandate, have argued that its economic and safety benefits outweigh its costs. They have, however, said that they won’t challenge an exemption for livestock haulers.
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