Database of test results seen as rate booster while unseated trucks pose risk to operations.
Change from 25% on Jan. 1 estimated to raise annual industry costs by $50-70 million.
Splitting up enforcement deadlines for the rule could cost millions in benefits.
Potential for added employment costs for trucking companies down the road.
While the majority of truckers transitioned over to electronic logging devices, or ELDs, in their cabs to digitally track their daily driving hours over a year ago, some fleets that run automatic onboard recording devices, or AOBRDs, have until December 16, 2019, to make the switch.
