Compliance: ELD, DVIR & IFTA

The ELD reads engine data from the GPS tracking device and records driving time on its own, replacing the paper logbook drivers used to fill out by hand. Drivers still mark duty-status changes, such as going on duty before a trip, but a driving-time record tied to the engine is much harder to falsify than a paper log or a basic e-log app. That is the purpose of the ELD rules in both countries. In the US, the device is on FMCSA's registered list, and that matters at the roadside: a driver using a device that is not registered is treated as having no ELD at all. In Canada, an ELD must be certified by an accredited body and appear on Transport Canada's list, where the platform's ELD has an active entry. Transport Canada's List of electronic logging devices shows each device an accredited body has certified for use in Canada: search it by vendor, certification number or ELD identifier and confirm the status reads certified, not revoked.

A Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (DVIR) is the driver's written record of a vehicle inspection. In the US, a driver files one at the end of the day when they find a defect that could affect safe operation, and the next driver reviews it before driving. In Canada, a trip inspection with a report is required every 24 hours, defect or not. Done electronically, a flagged defect shows up in the High Point GPS platform right away and goes to whoever manages maintenance, instead of sitting on a paper form in the cab until someone finds it. Carriers must repair anything safety-related before the vehicle goes back on the road and certify that repair, and an electronic workflow keeps the certification trail auditable and hard to lose.

IFTA (the International Fuel Tax Agreement) requires a quarterly report of miles driven and fuel bought in each jurisdiction. Rebuilding that by hand from odometer readings and fuel receipts is slow and invites errors. The platform already logs when each vehicle crosses a jurisdiction boundary, so the mileage half of the report becomes a query against real trip data. For many fleets, this is one of the biggest time savers once compliance moves onto the same platform as tracking.

ELD, DVIR and IFTA are separate regulatory requirements, but all three rely on the same data: where a vehicle was, when, and what its engine was doing. Running them on one GPS tracking device and one High Point GPS platform login puts compliance issues next to the operational data your dispatch and safety teams check every day. An HOS violation risk, an open DVIR defect or a jurisdiction with unusually high mileage shows up there, instead of in a separate system nobody opens until an audit forces the issue.