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Study * USA - Finds HOS exemptions led to crashes
Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner -Apr 23, 2009: -- A recent study by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe National Transportation Systems Center found trucking carriers that received hours-of-service (HOS) regulations exemptions (as part of the last round of highway reauthorization legislation) reported higher crash rates than those that didn’t obtain waivers from the rules... The Volpe study found that agricultural carrier operating exclusively within a 100-mile radius had a 19% higher crash rate than agricultural carriers operating outside a 100-mile radius between 2005 and 2007, while utility service motor carrier crash rates jumped by 40% during the same period... The study also showed that in 2007 agricultural carriers as a whole had higher violation and out-of-service rates than the rest of the trucking industry in the categories of unsafe driver, driver fitness, vehicle maintenance, and improper loading – with a 32% overall average increase... (Photo: Agricultural Carrier)
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