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TRUCKS' SAFETY * USA - Tougher recorder rule expected
Washington,DC,USA -eTrucker -4 Dec 2008: -- The chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hinted the final electronic onboard recorder rule will be expanded to cover more trucking operators and could lead to a universal mandate... Chief John Hill said the final version of the EOBR goes beyond a proposed rule that requires habitual violators of the hours of service rules to use recorders. FMCSA has sent the rule for review by the White House Office of Management and Budget. It is scheduled to be released this year, but it’s unclear if that timetable will happen... As proposed, drivers and trucking companies would be required to use recorders if they exceed the hours rule at least 10 percent of the time. Violations would be measured in two reviews within a two-year period. Fewer than 1,000 of the estimated 650,000 carriers FMCSA regulates would fall within that range, the agency estimated...
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