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Study * USA - HOS rules should allow more flexibility
Alexandria,VA,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -7 Mar 2007: -- As special interest groups prepare yet another court challenge of the current American hours-of-service rules on the grounds they're too lax, the nation's top carrier group is arguing that truck drivers need greater flexibility to allow drivers to select sleep times and duration based on individual need... A new study by the American Trucking Associations and sleep research firm Circadian International, evaluates whether features of the current HOS rules are meeting their intended purpose of improving sleep, driver alertness and safety. One such provision is the sleeper-berth rule, which requires drivers to split sleeper-berth rest segments into two periods, one of which must be eight hours... The report, described as a first-of-its-kind research project, studied compliant and non-compliant driving scenarios. In it, 11 internationally recognized sleep experts and 67 professional truck drivers found that allowing drivers to select sleep times and lengths to suit their individual needs maximized sleep opportunities, ensuring better alertness and safety on the nation's highways... (Photo: 11 recognized sleep experts say allowing drivers to select sleep times increases safety on the highway)Labels: HOS debate
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