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HOS Final Rule * USA - Submitted to White House for approval
The final rule was submitted for approval in late October. FMCSA officials have repeatedly said the rule would be released by the end of the year
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Jami Jones -11 Nov 2008: -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest attempt to finalize the hours-of-service regulations is under review at the White House Office of Management and Budget... In July 2007, the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit tossed the provision that increased driving time to 11 hours from 10 hours and the 34-hour restart provision... The two provisions were tossed by the court on procedural grounds – not based on safety concerns... FMCSA officials wrote in the interim final rule. “This (interim final rule) will ensure that a familiar, uniform set of national rules govern motor carrier transportation, while FMCSA gathers additional public comments on all aspects of this interim final rule... By re-adopting the 11-hour limit and the 34-hour restart, the agency’s intent is to allow motor carriers and drivers to combine work-rest schedules that follow the optimal 24-hour circadian cycle (10 hours off duty and 14 hours on duty) while maintaining highway safety with operational flexibility.”...
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