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JOURNAL NEWS The bill would require electronic onboard record- ers be used on all trucks and buses used in interstate commerce. safety laws gov- erning current carriers and driv- ers, and increase FMCSA's enforcement tools to remove unsafe and unfit drivers and carriers from the industry. Specifically, the bill would: be used on all trucks and buses used in interstate commerce in order to improve and enforce drivers' compli- ance with hours-of-service rules; Transportation registration process by requiring an applicant to pass a safety proficiency examination and submit a safety management plan as a precondi- tion for operating authority; on "reincarnated carriers" – carriers that attempt to resume operations after being put out of service – by increasing the administration's ability to revoke carriers' operating author- ity and by requiring new operators to disclose all relationships with other motor carriers over the past five years as a condition of receiving operating authority; and implementation of its Compliance Safety Accountability program. "We must do more to make sure large trucks and buses are not a threat on our roadways and are only operated by the most qualified drivers," said Lautenberg. "While most drivers and companies put safety first, crashes still happen, and when they do, the consequences can be devastating. This bill will give the to kick unsafe drivers and carriers out of the industry." Security, representing several large U.S. trucking companies, announced its sup- port for the measure, particularly the Write 252 on Reader Service Card or visit ccjdigital.com/info COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JANUARY 2012 13 EOBR mandate. "These electronic logging devices are the critical link to continued improvements in highway safety and the quality of life for our nation's commercial drivers," said Steve Williams, Alliance chair- man and chairman and chief executive offi- cer of Maverick USA. Chris Lofgren, president and CEO of Schneider National, said the hard data generated by EOBRs is necessary to address drivers' working hours and improve public safety. "EOBRs take the noncompliance issue off the table," Lofgren said. "Once we can measure safety in a compliant industry, we can then address changes to the hours- of-service rules if necessary."