Samsara automatically transitions the driver status according to the conditions of your regional mandates. If your drivers are subject to regional mandates such as ELD, you should always keep this enabled for your organization to avoid going out of compliance. Refer to the conditions applicable to your region:
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Status |
Conditions |
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DRIVE |
A vehicle is considered driving when a vehicle exceeds 5 mph (the value defined by the ELD Mandate). The Samsara Driver App automatically transitions drivers to an ELD Driving status, when the vehicle assigned to them in the app exceeds 5 mph. |
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DRIVE → ON DUTY |
When a vehicle stops moving (stays under 5 mph for five consecutive minutes), the Samsara Driver App displays a prompt for the driver to choose whether they want to remain in Drive or transition to On Duty. If the driver does not respond to this prompt within one minute, the driver is transitioned to On Duty retroactive to the time the vehicle stopped moving. |
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YARD MOVE → ON DUTY |
For Yard Move (YM) to be an available status to select in the Samsara Driver App, it must be enabled in the dashboard driver profile. After a driver manually selects Yard Move (YM), the Yard Move status will remain indefinitely unless:
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PERSONAL CONVEYANCE → OFF DUTY |
For Personal Conveyance (PC) to be an available status to select in the Samsara Driver App, it must be enabled in the dashboard driver profile. After a driver manually selects Personal Conveyance, the PC status will remain indefinitely unless:
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Status |
Conditions |
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DRIVE |
A vehicle is considered driving when a vehicle exceeds 5 mph (the value defined by the ELD Mandate). The Samsara Driver App automatically transitions drivers to an ELD Driving status, when the vehicle assigned to them in the app exceeds 5 mph. |
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DRIVE → ON DUTY |
When a vehicle is within the Canadian border, automatic DRIVE → ON DUTY transition timing will behave differently from the US according to the Canadian regulations. After the vehicle comes to a stop for 5 consecutive minutes, the driver will be shown a prompt asking if they would like to remain in DRIVE or go ON DUTY. If they respond to the prompt before the 1 minute time expires, they will be placed ON DUTY when they respond (the start time of the ON DUTY segment will be when the driver manually updated the status). If they do not respond to this prompt before the 1 minute time expires, they will be placed ON DUTY when the prompt is dismissed (the start time of the ON DUTY segment will be 6 minutes after the vehicle stops). |
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YARD MOVE → ON DUTY |
After a driver manually selects Yard Move (YM), the Yard Move status will remain indefinitely unless:
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PERSONAL CONVEYANCE → OFF DUTY |
After a driver manually selects Personal Conveyance, the PC status will remain indefinitely unless:
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Comments
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The amount of time stopped before SamSara registers 'On-Duty' should be adjustable. SamSara claims 5minutes, followed by a 60second prompt asking "Stay in driving / Go on duty / Go off duty". Though, this doesn't appear to be accurate.
Frequently our drivers are stopped for 10-15min, re-enter their vehicle, and this prompt is still active. They select "stay in driving", as they're about to drive away. This skews their drive-time. Which is a component of our pay structure.
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