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HOS * USA - Hours regs debated at opening session
Comments at opening session of the FMCSA review of the hours of service rule...
Arlington,VA,USA -eTrucker -20 Jan 2010: ... ranged from a request to keep the existing rules to urging a rewrite... Representing the status quo at the session, David Osiecki, senior vice president of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at American Trucking Associations, said the hours rules are based on extensive research and analysis and should be retained in their current form... Gerald Donaldson, senior research director for Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, said too much driving and work time is permitted under the rules. "It is appalling that well into the 21st century we are still using these workers as though they were 19th century laborers," he said... Donaldson’s group, along with the Teamsters union, Public Citizen and the Truck Safety Coalition, opposes the current rules. LaMont Byrd, director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety department, said the union is against the part of the rule that allows drivers to restart the work cycle after only 34 hours off duty... The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association was represented by Rod Nofziger, director of government affairs, who called for more flexibility in the regulations. He stated drivers should be allowed to take breaks without the time counting against the daily working hours. He repeated OOIDA's support for compensating drivers for time spent waiting to be loaded or unloaded. “To give you an idea of how significant the detention time problem is: Industry surveys have estimated upwards of 40 hours per truck per week is wasted waiting to be loaded and unloaded,” Nofziger said. “In fact, as a part of the Motor Carrier Efficiency Study, your agency has identified loading and unloading as the most cited inefficiency in trucking, costing the industry an estimated $3 billion per year and society over $6.5 billion annually”... (Photo from jimadler)
* Texas - Next HOS session Jan. 22
Washington,DC,USA -eTrucker -21 Jan 2009: -- The second of four public listening sessions to gather information for a proposed hours of service rule by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be Friday, Jan. 22, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CST at the Hyatt Regency Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Irving, Texas...
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