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HOS DEBATE * USA - Trucking industry debates 11-hour rule
Is it any less safe for a truck driver to be on the road for 11 hours than 10 hours?
MO,USA -The Kansas City Star, by Randolph Heaster -24 Dec 2007: -- The debate over the one-hour difference in “hours of service” has raged since 2003, and it doesn’t look to subside anytime soon... Federal regulators two weeks ago reiterated a rule originally issued in 2003 that allows over-the-road drivers to work 11 hours followed by 10 hours of rest. Issued by the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the ruling also preserved the provision that allows a driver’s workweek to restart after 34 hours of rest. That replaced the traditional weekend’s rest of two days... In issuing its interim rule while awaiting public comment, agency administrator John Hill said the government’s data show that vehicle fatality rates fell to an all-time low last year. In addition, fatigue-related truck crashes in the 11th hour of driving have been negligible since 2003... While both supporters and opponents of the 11-hour rule cite crash and fatality statistics, one trucking group has maintained the debate is misguided... “The agency (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ) has to address the real problem, which is drivers waiting to load or unload their trucks, which counts as part of their driving time,” said Todd Spencer, executive vice president of Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association in Grain Valley...
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