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DEBATE: TRUCKINGS' HOURS OF SERVICE
* USA - Trucking hours changeBaraboo,WI,USA -Baraboo News Republic, by Scott De Laruelle -2 Dec 2006: -- With an eye toward keeping truckers' eyes open and on the road, new state regulations will help ensure people driving big rigs in Wisconsin can catch a little more sleep between shifts... According to the Department of Transportation, before driving a maximum 12-hour shift, truckers operating within the state now need 10 consecutive hours off-duty — two more than previously required. In addition, drivers may not be on duty for more than 16 straight hours... The regulations, which went into effect last month, were designed to bring Wisconsin in line with federal trucking standards, said State Patrol Capt. Charles Teasdale...
* USA - As Trucking Rules Are Eased, a Debate on Safety Grows
Washington,DC,USA -The New York Times (NY,USA), by STEPHEN LABATON -2 Dec 2006: -- ... In the course of pursuing its case, the family broached a larger issue: whether the Bush administration’s decision to reject tighter industry regulation and instead reduce what officials viewed as cumbersome rules permitted a poorly trained trucker to stay behind the wheel, alone, instead of resting after a long day of driving... After intense lobbying by the politically powerful trucking industry, regulators a year earlier had rejected proposals to tighten drivers’ hours and instead did the opposite, relaxing the rules on how long truckers could be on the road. That allowed the driver who hit Ms. Edwards to work in the cab nearly 12 hours, 8 of them driving nonstop, which he later acknowledged had tired him... But advocates of tighter rules say the administration’s record of loosening standards endangers motorists. The fatality rate for truck-related accidents remains nearly double that involving only cars, safety and insurance groups say. They note that weakening the rules has reversed a course set by the Clinton administration and has resulted in the federal government repeatedly missing its own targets for reducing the death rate...
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