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HOS - USA - Groups file for reconsideration
The Hours of Service Final Rule issued in August may not be final after all.
WASHINGTON DF,USA - The Trucker, by Barb Kampbell -26 Sept.2005 :-) On Sept. 23 Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), Public Citizen and Trauma Foundation, filed a petition regarding the order issued on HOS Aug. 25... According to the petition, the “rulemaking proceeding to adopt a revised HOS regulation suffers from a number of major shortcomings in terms of the approach taken by the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration to address serious health and safety concerns for truck drivers and the public. Time and time again the preamble to [the] 2005 Final Rule cites the economic efficiencies that benefit the trucking industry as outweighing the safety costs that will be borne by the public,” the petition stated. “In every instance where safety and economic burdens are balanced, the agency has opted to choose economic productivity of the trucking industry instead of determining the issue in favor of public safety. The determinations made in the 2005 Final Rule are openly contrary to the agency’s mission and highest priority, and should be reconsidered.”
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