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DOT expected to formalize stricter fleet monitoring rules

The U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to impose stricter requirements this fall concerning how transportation fleets and public utilities monitor their assets and employees, according to Norman Ellis, vice president of business operations-homeland security for Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions, speaking at last week’s IWCE 2004 trade show and conference in Las Vegas. Ellis predicted the USDOT would formalize a supplemental rulemaking issued by the agency in August 2003. The new rules would prevent drivers from deviating from routes assigned by dispatchers. Currently, it is common practice for drivers to vary their routes due to road construction, accidents, ...

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