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HOS REACTION * USA - Mixed, to temporary rule
While the trucking industry generally supported the hours-of-service interim final rule issued Dec. 11, safety groups scorned it
USA -eTrucker, by Jill Dunn -15 Dec 2007: -- ... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent the rule to the Federal Register, but as of Dec. 14, it had not been published... The rule is in response to a July U.S. Court of Appeals decision vacating key aspects of the 2005 hours rule, effective Dec. 27. In order to ensure no gap in rule coverage, the IFR temporarily reinstates those two provisions while the agency gathers public comment on its actions and its underlying safety analysis before issuing a final rule... Truckers will continue to be limited to driving 11 hours within a 14-hour duty period, after which they must go off duty for at least 10 hours. The IFR also preserves the ability to restart cumulative limits by resting for 34 hours... The agency stated it developed the rule after new data showed that safety levels have been maintained since the 11-hour driving limit first was implemented in 2003... Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said he does not believe evidence exists that the new rule is safer... Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said the agency “still believes the way to address the problem of fatigued drivers behind the wheels of big truck rigs is to allow them to drive even more hours than past rules allowed”... The ATA, on the other hand, applauded the IFR. The existing regulations “have led to a reduction in deaths and injuries over the last several years,” said Bill Graves, association president and chief executive officer... The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which has objected to elements of the hours rule in the past, also indicated support for the FMCSA announcement...
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