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HOS DEBATE * USA - “Illegal” Rule Makes Roads Dangerous, Safety Advocates Say
Cleveland,OH,USA -Occupational Hazards, by Laura Walter -January 14, 2008: -- The Teamsters Union, Public Citizen and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety filed a brief arguing that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) interim final rule regarding hours of service for truck drivers was “illegal” and creates dangerous driving conditions... "People are dying on the highway because FMCSA is more concerned about making its corporate bosses happy than it is about making our highways safe," said Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa... The final interim rule, reinstated Dec. 11, allows truck drivers to drive 11 hours within a 14-hour time period and as many as 84 hours per week. FMCSA first issued this hours-of-service rule in 2003, increasing the time truck drivers could drive by one hour. The rule has a history of being twice struck down by the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit but later reinstated... The Teamsters Union and other safety advocates describe FMCSA’s actions as “lawless” while ignoring court rulings that threw out the final interim rule. The groups also argue that the rule focuses on the trucking industry’s economic needs instead of the health and safety implications for truck drivers...
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