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HOS DEBATE * USA - Lawsuit seeks to limit truckers' hours
Safety advocates went to federal court Thursday asking judges to block a Transportation Department rule on work hours for truckersWashington,DC,USA -CNN, by Paul Courson -20 Dec 2007: -- The controversy dates to 2003, when the Bush administration increased from 10 to 11 hours the limit a commercial trucker may drive without a mandatory break within a 14 hour period... Opponents, citing the risk of driver fatigue, twice persuaded a federal court to reject implementation of the extended hours... Despite those setbacks, the Transportation Department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has put into place an "interim final rule" that places a daily limit at 11 hours a day and up to 70 hours a week depending on whether the trips are long-haul or local... Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, a member of a committee reviewing trucker safety, issued a statement after a hearing Wednesday saying the rule "allows truckers to drive for 30 percent longer each week, putting families at higher risk of an accident involving a tired truck driver"... The panel heard testimony from several people who had lost family members in fatal accidents involving fatigued truck drivers... (photo: Under a new rule, truckers could drive another hour before being required to take a break)
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