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HOS * USA - Senate's hearing is Dec. 12
USA -eTrucker, by Jill Dunn -6 Dec 2007: -- A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear testimony Dec. 12 on the soon-to-be-published Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration interim final rule on hours of service... U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., chairman of the surface transportation subcommittee, will hear testimony on the rule and related matters from the FMCSA, truck safety advocates and the trucking industry... In July, a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling vacated key aspects of the 2005 hours rule, sending it back to the FMCSA for more work...
* Dart Transit seeks to test driver fatigue management
Eagan,Min,USA -eTrucker, by Avery Vise -5 Dec 2007: -- Dart Transit Co. wants a two-year exemption from two provisions of the hours-of-service regulations so that 200 of its owner-operators can operate under a fatigue risk management system that encourages quality nighttime sleep and uses electronic onboard recorders to monitor drivers’ rest schedules... In June, the based truckload carrier filed a petition to exempt 200 drivers from the 14-hour clock as well as the split-rest limitations adopted in 2005 – provided they abide by a comprehensive fatigue risk management system that Dart would implement... On Nov. 26, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a notice of the exemption request in the Federal Register, seeking comment by Dec. 26...
* White Paper Reveals Key to Trucking Industry Profits Under New ‘Hours-of-Service’ Rules
Columbus,OH,USA -Formula One News -December 4, 2007: -- As the clock ticks down to January 4, when the Department of Transportation’s new ‘hours-of-service’ rules go into effect, long-haul carriers are bracing for impact... Although designed to improve highway safety by reducing fatigue-related crashes, the rules are expected to drive up carrier costs and, as a result, increase shipping costs... “To operate under the new rules, truckers must know and document their costs and make more efficient use of drivers and equipment,” said Duff Swain, president of transportation consultants the TRINCON GROUP and author of a white paper that shows truckers how to profit under the new rules... In the white paper, Swain offers a comprehensive solution to the ‘hours-of-service’ problems that will force more carriers to consolidate or go out of business. He outlines options for increasing productivity, such as decreasing loading and waiting time and using drop-and-hook operations...
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