Software Firms Rush to Supply Compliance-Monitoring Tools

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s motor carriers began to implement new federal driver workday rules that took effect Jan. 4, software companies were rushing to sell products that help trucking firms monitor their costs and compliance.

In April, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled the new rules to allow a shorter overall workday but increasing the daily time behind the wheel by one hour.

While that gave the industry nine months to prepare, interest began to soar among carriers and drivers in recent months as the deadline approached for new hours-of-service rules.

Suppliers responded.

By last month, technology firms including Terion Inc., At Road Inc., Rair Technologies, Instructional Technologies Inc., Integrated Decision Support Corp., PeopleNet Communications, Qualcomm and McLeod Software Corp. were heavily marketing technology options ranging from educating drivers to helping avoid dock delays and driving violations.

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