Yard Move (YM)

A Yard Move is driving defined by the ELD mandate as On Duty (not driving) below a speed threshold of 20mph (United States) or 32km/hr (Canada).

If you allow drivers to make use of the Yard Move duty status, you may be concerned that drivers could stay in the Yard Move status even in situations where the Drive status may be more appropriate. To help manage how drivers can utilize Yard Move, Samsara has an optional setting to restrict the usage of Yard Move to the speed threshold. Usage of this feature is optional and at the fleet manager’s discretion. It is not needed to comply with the ELD Mandate.

The Samsara Driver App displays a prompt to alert drivers about the transition and drivers cannot edit their status to a non-driving status in the app. After reaching the daily allowance, drivers will not be able to select Yard Move as a duty status for the rest of the day.

Enable Yard Move as a Duty Status

The ELD mandate requires that carriers be able to configure the availability of the Yard Move and Personal Conveyance special duty statuses on a per-driver basis. After you enable Canada HOS settings, you can enable the applicable duty status in the driver profile settings. You can also apply the settings in bulk using the driver import process. After you enable the duty status, the Samsara Driver App displays the status tile as an available selection.

1. Select the Settings icon () at the bottom of your Fleet menu to view dashboard settings.

2. Select Compliance.

3. For Canada compliance, ensure that you Enable Canada HOS.

4. Enable Yard Move Auto Transition for your region.

5. Enable Yard Move for drivers:

   Enable Yard Move for a driver:

   1. Select the Settings icon () at the bottom of your Fleet menu to view dashboard settings.

   2. Select Organization > Drivers.

   3. Locate the driver for which you want to configure the Yard Move duty status.

   4. In the row for the driver select ( ... ) > Edit.

   5. In the Hours of Service section of the driver profile, enable the duty status for Yard Move (YM).

      

   6. Save your changes.

   Enable Yard Move for multiple drivers:

   1. Select the Settings icon () at the bottom of your Fleet menu to view dashboard settings.

   2. Select Organization > Drivers.

   3. From the More Actions menu, Download CSV. Samsara creates a CSV file containing all drivers and driver profile settings.

   4. Edit the CSV file to set the ELD Yard Moves (YM) field to TRUE for the relevant drivers.

   5. On the Drivers page, select More Actions > Upload CSV.

   6. Upload your CSV file.

   7. Preview and then Confirm the changes.

Effect of Engine Restarts on Yard Move Status

Per the ELD Mandate, the PC or YM duty status will be reset after an engine restart. When the ELD detects that the vehicle has stopped and the vehicle has had an ignition cycle (turned off then turned back on), the ELD surfaces a prompt that provides the driver the option to stay in PC or YM.

Note

If the driver navigates away from the Samsara Driver App or closes it such that the app is no longer active, the prompt does not display. In this case, the driver must manually reselect YM to continue operating in YM status. We recommend training drivers to always make sure they select PC or YM after any engine restart event.

If the driver takes no action within 300 seconds, the Samsara Driver app switches the driver status to Off Duty if they were in PC, or On Duty if they were in YM. If the vehicle moves again, the driver is put into Drive.