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HOS REGULATIONS * USA - It’s final: Current rules to stay
FMCSA elects to maintain current HOS regulations allowing drivers to drive 11 hours in 15-hour work day
Washington,DC,USA -Logistics Management, by John D. Schulz -18 Nov 2008: -- There is going to be no change in the current hours-of-service (HOS) regulations governing approximately 3 million long-haul truck drivers... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), said it was adopting as final its interim final rule adopted 11 months ago. That allows drivers to drive 11 hours within a 15-hour work day with a 34-hour restart provision... The final rule was scheduled to be published in Wednesday’s Federal Register and will become effective Jan. 19... The biggest change was a push by carriers to urge shippers to become more efficient at their loading docks since drivers’ waiting time was no longer counted as off-duty time, but rather part of the drivers’ work day... Drivers are limited to 60 hours driving in seven days, or 70 in eight days, while allowing those clocks to be reset by taking 34 straight off-duty hours... (Photo by Larry Smith/Trans Pixs)* Rules of the Road: DOT Puts Truck Drivers and Motorists at Risk
Washington,DC,USA -OMB Watch, by Matt Madia -November 18, 2008: -- Yet another of the Bush administration's last-minute regulations has been announced.... This time, the Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has set rules on the length of time truck drivers can work... The timing of this rule's release was critical. Currently, truck drivers and the trucking industry are living with these dangerous rules, but they are only temporary. Had the rules remained in their interim form, it would have been relatively easy for the forthcoming Obama administration to finalize new rules more protective of the safety of both truck drivers and other motorists... Now, the rules are pretty well cemented. (Of course, since the Bush administration hasn't learned its lesson in past court cases on this rule, justice may yet prevail). The final rules go into effect Jan. 19 — the day before President Bush leaves office...
* FMCSA to Leave Hours-of-Service Rule Unchanged
Arlington,VA,USA -Transport Topics -18 Nov 2008: -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a notice to be published in Wednesday’s Federal Register, said it was making no changes to its controversial hours-of-service rule... Since first revising the rule in 2003, courts have either invalidated the entire rule or rejected parts of if twice, but FMCSA has continued to maintain the basic framework of the regulation, which includes 11 hours of driving within a window of 14 consecutive hours of work, followed by 10 hours off-duty... Previously, the rule had allowed for 10 hours of driving in a 15-hour period, but allowed drivers to log on and off duty at will, while requiring just eight hours of rest between shifts... The 14-hour clock and the 10 hours of mandated rest reduced fatigue, but also created new constraints, and “to offset these constraints, while ensuring fatigue benefits are realized, the agency determined it could allow additional operation flexibility by permitting increased driving hours,” FMCSA said...
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