As a professional driver, you are no doubt convinced that electronic logbooks should be easy to use. They have to make your life simpler, not more difficult! Reducing the time it takes to perform administrative tasks at stops means you can get back on the road more quickly. Technology is designed to be an ally. In this post, we present five ISAAC features that you may not know!
1. Ensure hours of service (HoS) compliance
Did you know that the ISAAC tablet displays logbook information based on applicable Hours of Service (HoS) regulations? So, if you are driving in Canada under cycle 1, the information provided will reflect that regulation. The tablet will display driving times and work shift information based on those rules. You will be notified of upcoming hours of service violations so you can plan your time and travel.
To facilitate compliance with Canadian and American regulations, the ISAAC solution offers the following HoS display modes:
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70 hr./7 d cycle (CAN)
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Driving north of the 60th parallel (CAN)
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Alberta provincial hours of service (CAN)
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Saskatchewan provincial hours of service (CAN)
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70 hr./8 d cycle (USA)
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Break exemption for short-haul transport (USA)
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Texas hours of service (USA)
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Florida hours of service (USA)
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California hours of service (USA)
2. Activate hours of service exceptions
You can quickly and easily activate hours-of-service exceptions. To avoid errors, a color banner is displayed on-screen when driving exceptions are enabled, so you can confirm the active driving type at a glance. The availability of exceptions on your tablet depends on the configurations your company has selected.
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Yard move: Option used, for example, to move around in the yard to hook or unhook equipment. With this option, your status switches to “on duty”. This status does not affect your available driving hours.
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Personal conveyance: Option used when traveling for personal reasons, such as driving home. With this option, your status switches to “off duty”. This does not affect your available driving hours. When you select this activity, you must record a personal explanation. Bear in mind that regulations regarding personal conveyance differ in Canada and the United States. You must comply with the regulation that applies where you are.
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Adverse driving conditions: Allows to add up to two hours of driving time if unknown bad weather conditions occur while driving that could not be foreseen prior to beginning the trip.
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Daily off duty deferral (Canada only): Allows to split the off-duty time over any two consecutive days by deferring a maximum of two hours of the daily off-duty time from the first day to the second day and increasing the total of driving and on-duty times in the first day by no more than two hours.
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100-mile short haul exception (USA only): Allows to you to extend the 14-consecutive-hour driving window to 16 hours once every 7 consecutive days. Certain conditions must be met to use this exception.