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SIDE BY SIDE · UPDATED Q3 2026

Your current ELD records.
Arrow prevents.

Legacy platforms are excellent at documenting your violations after they happen. Here's the line-by-line difference — including where your current system is genuinely fine.

Capability▲ ArrowMotiveSamsara
Violation preventionFlags 24+ hrs ahead + precise fix + verificationRecords after the factRecords after the fact
Warning horizon72-hour projection against assigned loads30–60 min countdown30–60 min countdown
Inspector-ready audits100% guaranteed, in contractBest effortBest effort
Works with your TMSRead-only bridge · McLeod, TMW, Alvys, EDIPartial APIsPartial APIs
Driver qualification files§391 DQF · MVR · ClearinghouseFully automatedAdd-on / manualNot offered
Vehicle & carrier complianceInspections · IRP · insurance · UCR · MCS-150Included, expiry-trackedNot coveredNot covered
Hardware install5-min plug-in Beacon · no shop timeHardwired · 2–4 hr installHardwired · 2–4 hr install
Contract SLAService credits on 100% claimsNoneNone
GPS + basic ELD loggingIncludedGenuinely fineGenuinely fine

Comparison reflects publicly documented capabilities as of Q3 2026 · verify against vendor documentation

Fair note: if all you need is a compliant logging device and dots on a map, a legacy ELD does that job. Arrow is for fleets where violations, audits, and insurance renewals are a line item worth attacking.

THE MATH THAT MATTERS

Recording a violation costs you.
Preventing it pays you.

$9,250

Blended cost of one HOS violation

Fine, CSA score impact on freight rates, and insurance uplift. Legacy platforms record these. Arrow's customers prevent 94% of them.

SOURCE: FMCSA + PUBLISHED INDUSTRY DATA
40/100 trucks/yr

Industry-average preventable violations

For a 300-truck fleet, that's roughly $1.1M a year in avoidable cost sitting in your CSA report — before a single nuclear verdict.

RUN YOUR OWN NUMBER ON THE ROI PAGE
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The switch cost that isn't

Arrow AI Compliance runs on top of your current ELD — this comparison doesn't require you to leave anything. The full swap, if you want it, runs in parallel.

BRIDGE LIVE IN 2–6 WEEKS
Run the numbers for your fleet
THE DIFFERENCE, CONCRETELY

What "prevention" looks like
in your dispatcher's inbox.

A legacy ELD would log this violation at 1:58 PM and show it on next week's report. Arrow sent this at 12:02 PM — with the swap, the exit, and the reset plan — and verified the fix against the ELD record.

P0 alert · 12:02 PM · 1h 56m before the violation
Arrow Compliance P0 · ACT WITHIN 10 MIN
to: dispatch@demofleet.example · 12:02 PM
Reyes (0412) will violate the 14-hour rule at 1:58 PM MT.

He is 96 minutes from Cheyenne with 38 minutes of legal duty time left. Continuing to the receiver is infeasible.

RECOMMENDED · DO THIS IN YOUR TMS
1. Reassign load L-4471 to Okafor (0287) — 22 mi out, 6h 40m available.
2. Route Reyes to TA Cheyenne (Exit 401) for his 10-hour reset.
3. Reply DONE — we verify against ELD data and close the loop.
EVIDENCE ATTACHED: GPS trace · HOS log · §395.3(a)(2) · Audit ID #A-88231
IF YOU DO SWITCH

The 60-day side-by-side.

Run both systems on ten trucks and let the drivers vote. If Arrow doesn't pay for itself in prevented violations, walk away.

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