Jordan M. Jones Opposes ELD Exemption in FMCSA Filing — Accident Attorney
Los Angeles Truck Accident Lawyers, through accident attorney Jordan M. Jones, filed a public comment on May 1, 2026 urging federal regulators to reject a proposal that would let certain commercial truck drivers opt out of electronic logging device requirements. The filing went to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration under Docket Number FMCSA-2025-1282.
The proposal was submitted by the Federation of Professional Truckers. If approved, it would let drivers revert to paper logbooks instead of using ELDs to track hours of service, reversing a system Congress mandated to reduce driver fatigue and improve compliance with hours-of-service regulations.
FMCSA Docket FMCSA-2025-1282
Jones said, “Electronic logging devices have helped reduce fatigue-related crashes and saved lives.” He also said, “Rolling back these requirements would undermine years of progress and make it harder to identify dangerous driving behavior.”
The firm’s submission says fatigue has been identified as a contributing factor in approximately 13% of large truck crashes, and it says tens of thousands of deaths have been linked to fatigued driving over time. That is the factual basis the lawyers put before the agency as they pressed it to deny the exemption request.
Diana Diskin on Logbook Evidence
Diana Diskin said, “In serious truck accident cases, ELD data is often critical evidence.” She added, “It allows us to determine whether a driver exceeded legal limits or attempted to conceal violations.”
Diskin also said, “Without it, accountability becomes much more difficult.” Before ELD implementation, compliance with hours-of-service rules relied heavily on paper logbooks, and the firm’s submission says those records are easier to manipulate, complicate enforcement efforts, and reduce transparency in crash investigations.
Paper Logbooks and Crash Cases
Jordan M. Jones and Diana Diskin have collectively handled hundreds of serious truck accident cases across the United States. The attorneys said they routinely investigate hours-of-service violations, analyze driver fatigue, and rely on driver log data as critical evidence in commercial truck crash litigation.
For truck drivers, the proposal would move the recordkeeping burden back to paper logs if regulators grant the exemption. For crash victims and their lawyers, the filing lays out the concern that the evidence used to reconstruct a route, a shift, or a fatigue pattern could become harder to obtain.
