Because there is substantial uncertainty over whether that ruling will stand, as well as the implementation date, we are not releasing these programming changes into the shipping product at this time. However, once a firm changeover date is established (if at all), we will release those programming changes into the shipping product.

Currently, the FMCSA has until September 14, 2007 to respond to the Court’s ruling. Feel free to check back at our website for further information as it becomes available.

The FMCSA has until September 14, 2007 to respond. They may seek a stay, in which case, should they prevail, the 11-hour driving and 34-hour reset provisions could be extended. But it is also possible that the repeal may stand, and in 45 days the old 10-hour driving and 60/7 or 70/8 rules (without 34-hour resets) may be reinstated.

Due to the uncertainty about which direction things will go, Eclipse has announced the following strategy to allow its customers to deal with this unfortunate situation:

Eclipse will make the programming changes necessary to implement the Court’s changes. However, the changes will NOT be released into the shipping product until (and if) there is a high degree of certainty that those changes are going to stand.

Because these new programming changes can be quickly downloaded via the internet by our customers once it becomes clear they will be necessary, only a few days advance notice is absolutely required. This will allow us to delay the decision point to the last possible responsible moment, and will prevent the ugly (but possible) situation where we could program the new changes and release them to the public only to have the Court, at the last minute, issue a Stay for implementation.

Feel free to check back at our website for further information as it becomes available.

RapidScan 1.5 has not been updated in many years and was replaced by RapidLog Pro in 2005. Because of this, support for RapidScan 1.5 will expire on February 1, 2007.

If you own RapidScan 1.5, please contact your sales representative for information on upgrading to RapidLog Pro. RapidLog Pro contains many new features and substantial performance improvements.

All builds of RapidLog dated on or after 12/28/2006 support the new Canadian regulations for 2007.

Even though the regulations are under “soft” enforcement until July 2007, we strongly recommend that our Canadian customers download and install the latest version of RapidLog immediately. This will give your drivers and safety staff maximum time to learn to operate under the new rules.

The Canadian rules are somewhat in flux. The latest round of officially issued interpretations came out November 22, 2006, and have been fully implemented in RapidLog as of the 12/28/2006 build. As additional rounds of interpretations are issued we will roll that functionality into RapidLog as quickly as possible.

If you have a current subscription, you will be able to download the software on our downloads page. If you are not sure if you have an active subscription, please contact our sales department by email or (toll free) at 1-87-RAPIDLOG (1-877-274-3564).

Fortunately, they are allowing a three-month phase-in period (through December 31, 2005) to allow for training, reprogramming, etc.

Among the more notable changes:

• 34-hour consecutive rests will always reset a driver for the 60/7 and 70/8 rules
• Sleeper splits are going to require one of the rest segments be a minimum of eight hours, while the matching split can be any combination of off-duty or sleeper time
• The 16-hour exemption can be applied twice in seven days for “local log” operators (with a 150 mile air-radius)

Eclipse’s development team has reviewed the new rules and believes that many of the “gray areas” from the previous 2003 regulations have been eliminated and simplified.

While implementing the new rules will be a substantial undertaking due to the new way in which sleeper splits function, it is our best opinion at this time that RapidLog will easily support the new regulations by the end of the transition period (Deceumber 31, 2005) and possibly much sooner.

Greeley, Colo. – March 28 – Fifteen years ago, Larry Steinbecker stood at a crossroad in his career. His choice was to continue in the family trucking business or implement his vision to create high-speed log auditing systems for the trucking industry. Using tablets from the CAD/CAM industry and his knack for product design, Steinbecker began RapidLog’s track record for high-speed log auditing software. Newly married then, Larry and his wife Lori, created RapidLog™ and manage the company today with their continued vision in software integrity and customer-oriented focus. The RapidLog systems have continued to evolve over the last 15 years, and today offer economical scanning, the ability to scan virtually any log, high-speed correction, instant violation-highlighting, and automatic electronic log filing, with more innovations on the way.

Eclipse Software Systems, Inc., makers of RapidLog, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary. RapidLog has been a trend setter in its niche market of the trucking industry setting standards in ever-increasing speed, audit accuracy, and regulatory compliance. Recently, RapidLog™ & RapidLog Pro™ have broken speed barriers with guaranteed speeds up to 400% faster than competitors. ESSI’s Vice President/Developer, Luke Lanphear has been with the company since its genesis and helped develop RapidLog’s amazing ability to read virtually any log. “Our goal is to deliver the highest processing speeds, which lead to the highest cost-savings, all while dovetailing into each company’s existing infrastructure of processes, forms, audits and such,” states Lanphear.

Among other accomplishments, RapidLog has been a market value-leader in product pricing for 15 years offering some of the lowest costs, combined with the shortest return-on-investment period of any system. RapidLog proudly sets the standard being first to work with multiple jurisdictions, speed limits, mileage engines, and automatically tracking team operations with truck numbers.

The recent Hours-of-Service rule changes and software upgrade involved all team members of RapidLog staff. “The complexity of the rule changes, the late-breaking interpretations, and numerous real-world subtleties were a challenge. We have received rave reviews from customers and even from field-auditors, some of whom have come to us for advice!” shared Steinbecker.

End-users have incredible loyalty to RapidLog, auditing over 350+ million logs error-free. RapidLog customers also enjoy continuous product updates to implement additional user-friendly features, customer suggestions, or FMCSA regulatory changes. The future of RapidLog will continue to evolve and adjust to the demands of the industry.