DANGEROUS HOURS OF SERVICE ?
* USA - FedEx Ground withdraws hours exemption request
USA -eTrucker, by Avery Vise -2 Oct 206: -- FedEx Ground has dropped its request that its home-delivery drivers be allowed to operate property-carrying trucks to and from their residences without being considered “on duty” for hours-of-service compliance purposes... FedEx Ground gave the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration no reason for the withdrawal, but the proposal had generated considerable comment... (Photo: A FedEx Ground van enters St. Paul, Minn)
* Australia - Fatigue regulations will be flexible, fair: NTC
Australia -supply chain review -4 Oct 2006: -- Industry feedback on fatigue management regulations will result in changes to the controversial proposals, the National Transport Commission (NTC) has vowed... With the consultation now closed for the raft of changes put forward by the NTC, its Chairman Michael Deegan has promised the final outcome will provide flexibility for drivers and a fairer set of penalties for fatigue breaches... "We are listening," Deegan writes in a letter to stakeholders...
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