When prompted to change the operating zone at the border, many drivers don’t pull over until reaching another state or province. Will accepting this prompt after the fact backdate the operating zone change?

The ELD technical standards are not clear on this subject other than to say “the driver must confirm the operating zone change.” Some ELDs (including those from Omnitracs) will automatically detect zone crossings and store the data until the driver acknowledges the event. At that point, the zone change will be inserted into the driver’s log at the date, time, and GPS location where the zone change actually occurred.

Last updated: 06/01/2021