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TRUCKERS' HOS * USA - New rules improve trucking safety
Baltimore,MD,USA -The Baltimore Sun -January 10, 2009: ... Two very good reasons why the current trucking work rules are safer than the pre-2004 rules: The 2004 work rules 1) reduced the hours of work truckers are allowed and 2) increased the hours of rest required every day... The current rules may allow an additional hour of driving time, but that hour falls within a significantly shorter total work day... Under the current rules, the work day is limited to 14 hours. Under the pre-2004 rules, the work day was at least one to two hours longer... The pre-2004 limit was a 15-hour work day, but that day could be lengthened by meal breaks... The current rules also require 10 hours of daily rest, as opposed to the eight hours required by pre-2004 rules...
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