![]() ![]() ![]() The source says the video was forwarded to federal investigators a few days before the ELD provider announced it was changing its name. The email, signed by the Darex Solutions LLC Team, formerly LionEight LLC, stated, “Additionally, there has been no change in management and in the range of products and services we offer.”Ī source familiar with the situation independently reviewed the recording of the ELD Rider representative adding a ghost driver. “All of the charges from former LionEight LLC will now be reflected with the new name Darex Solutions LLC and associated with the same bank account,” stated the email, which was obtained by FreightWaves. In a March 16 email to customers, LionEight LLC announced it would be changing its name to Darex Solutions, effective April 3. “Things really got out of hand in late 2019 when AOBRDS were being phased out,” an industry source, who didn’t want to be named for fear of retaliation, told FreightWaves. Some vendors developed workarounds to attract customers who wanted to add ghost co-drivers to cheat on HOS logs. The attorney said LionEight TMS, which is launching a new product offering in May, has no involvement with the devices or the conduct that FreightWaves uncovered with the help of industry sources familiar with the use of “ghost co-drivers.”Ī whistleblower told FreightWaves that representatives of ELD Rider have been manipulating drivers’ HOS logs to “cheat the system” since 2019, even though it’s unclear whether LionEight LLC sold the company to Darex Solutions in December.įleets using automatic onboard recording device systems (AOBRDS) were forced to switch to ELDs by December 2019. ![]() “Darex is using the name ‘LionEight’ under the terms of a temporary license agreement it has with LionEight TMS,” the attorney said.Īll of the businesses are listed to the same address in McCook, Illinois, including the new LionEight TMS entity, according to the Illinois secretary of state’s business entity website. The alert notified the driver that a representative was logging him off and taking over to edit his logs. The video, which was reviewed by FreightWaves, shows an alert being sent to the engine control module (ECM) connected to the driver’s truck. driver contacted the ELD Rider representative in Serbia, the driver, who didn’t want to be named for fear of retaliation, had no drive time left on his clock and only 12 hours remaining on his 70-hour cycle before he was required by FMCSA to take a 34-hour reset. Screenshots from the video showing how ELD Rider added a “ghost co-driver.” (Submitted video)Īt the time the U.S. Instead, FreightWaves agreed to use screenshots from the video to illustrate how the ghost co-driver process is done. The truck driver requested that FreightWaves not link to the video in the article for fear that his voice or truck may be recognized by ELD Rider representatives. Recently, a driver using ELD Rider software recorded a ghost co-driver being added to his device within 15-20 minutes after the driver contacted the company to request more hours. Industry insiders are accusing some ELD vendors of exploiting flaws in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s technical specifications to let trucking companies and their drivers add “ghost co-drivers” to skirt hours-of-service rules. Federal regulators began enforcing the mandate on April 1, 2018. This is part of a FreightWaves series on the electronic logging device mandate. ![]()
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