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HOURS OF SERVICE * Canada / USA - Challenging the 48-hour week opt-out
* Canadian Trucking Alliance Urges US Government to Retain Driver Hours Rules
Ottawa,ONT,CAN -CTA Press Release -October 31, 2007: -- On Monday, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) filed a petition with the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, urging the agency to retain two key provisions of the US federal hours of service rules which were ordered to be set aside in a July 2007 decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit – the 11-hour daily driving limit and the 34-hour restart... CTA’s brief was submitted in support of an earlier petition by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), which requested that FMCSA issue an interim final rule to retain the two provisions... In response to motions late this past summer by ATA, FMCSA and others including CTA, the court delayed the effective date of its order to December 27, leaving FMCSA less than two months either to issue an interim final rule to retain the two provisions pending a public comment period, or to publish a proposed rule to change them in some way...
* Canada - Full(ish) HOS enforcement kicks off in BC
Langley,BC,CAN -Today's Trucking -1 Nov 2007: -- The so-called 'soft' enforcement period of B.C.'s hours-of-service rules is over. As of today, B.C.'s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) Division will begin fully enforcing the new federal standard BC and most other provinces mirrored earlier this year... The full rule takes effect despite calls from the B.C. Trucking Association to make amendments to "problematic" sections of the regulations before the educational enforcement period was set to expire... BCTA insists some of the more burdensome provisions, such as the requirement for local drivers to keep records, needed to be fixed before the federal HOS regulations could be reasonably enforced... Local drivers don't have to carry logbooks, but must keep records showing duty status for each 24-hour period; split driving and on-duty time, and indicate odometer readings for when the truck was used for personal use, among other requirements...
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