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DEBATE: Truckers' Rest Time * USA - Trucking Safety Under Fire
Critics say laws don't protect rig drivers from fatigue, putting everyone on the road at riskAllentown,PA,USA -The Allentown Morning Call, by Josh Drobnyk and Kathleen Parrish -June 10, 2007: -- Many truckers and activists say federal regulations that went into effect in the past four years with the goal of reducing trucking accidents have made matters worse... How long truckers can drive, how long they can rest and how they should log their down time have fueled debate among safety advocates, drivers and trucking companies as the federal government has tackled new rules for the industry. Advocates have twice sued to block the new regulations. A federal court ruling on a 2006 lawsuit is pending... For more than 60 years, truckers were guided by rules that prohibited them from driving more than 10 hours without eight hours of breaks, and banned them from driving more than 60 hours in a seven-day cycle. To enforce the rules, drivers were required to keep logs of when they drove and when they rested... Instead of the old 10-hour driving limit, truckers can now stay behind the wheel for 11 hours consecutively. But they must rest for 10 hours before driving again, two hours longer than under the old rule. Also, truckers can now drive 77 hours in a seven-day period. Although the law has shortened the number of hours truckers can work in a day from 15 to 14, it's made those hours continuous... (Photo Flickr: Long way to go. Alot of nothing but scenery)
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