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Law & regulationMay 5, 20267 min read
ELD mandate update: the 2026 amendments you might've missed
Three quiet but consequential changes to ELD enforcement that take effect this summer.
What changed
The 2026 amendments to the ELD mandate primarily touch three areas:
- Personal conveyance scrutiny: enforcement guidance now defines a tighter set of allowable PC scenarios; expect more roadside questions.
- Yard moves: must be explicitly assigned by a back-office user; drivers can no longer self-select yard-move mode.
- Data transfer reliability: FMCSA increased the minimum acceptable transfer success rate from 75% to 90%.
What this means for fleets
If your ELD vendor hasn't pushed firmware updates in 2026, you're at risk on item 3. Item 2 may require a dispatcher workflow change. Item 1 mostly affects owner-operators running long sleeper shifts.
What this means for brokers
You'll see slightly more clock-burned arrivals as drivers stop using PC as a buffer. Build a 30-minute cushion into pickup windows on lanes you can't afford to fail.
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