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HOS DEBATE * USA - Feds ask for delay of trucker hours rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration requested a 12-month stay from a mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court has ordered the daily driving limit be cut to 10 hours for long-haul truckersWashington,DC,USA -CNN Money -Sep. 21, 2007: -- Government trucking regulators on Friday asked a federal court to delay a requirement that would reduce by one hour the time truckers can drive continuously... The agency backed the trade group's assertions that reducing the limit this month would be expensive and require it to retrain drivers and operating personnel, reprint logs, reengineer routes and make other changes... But safety advocates, including Washington-based watchdog group Public Citizen, have applauded the court's ruling because they say the industry is putting the public at risk by allowing truckers to drive too many hours... Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen, said it filed a memorandum Friday opposing any stays of the new rule because federal regulators used the same tactic two years ago to maintain the old requirements... (Photo from tti.tamu.edu - Texas' trucks)
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