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Oct 20, 2011

HOS Rule * USA

- Senator’s Measure Would Block it

(Photo by Larry Smith/Trans Pixs)
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics, by Timothy Cama -19 Oct 2011: -- A Senate amendment introduced this week would stop the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from implementing its plan to revise the federal hours-of-service rule... Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) filed the amendment in a funding bill that would require that “none of the funds made available under this heading may be used to finalize, enforce, or implement the Hours of Service regulations” proposed by FMCSA late last year, the amendment states... American Trucking Associations last month asked the Obama administration to keep the current hours-of-service rules in place, citing the trucking industry’s safety record... The funding bill the amendment was attached to would provide money for transportation and housing programs for the Department of Transportaton and other agencies for 2012...


* System advises drivers on use of hours

New York City,NY,USA -Fleet Owner -Oct 19, 2011: -- A new fleet management program from Blue Tree USA will advise drivers on the best use of their time to meet hours-of-service requirements... HOS Advisor provides drivers with a “current status” identifying how many hours and minutes they have remaining, along with options on how to proceed... HOS Advisor will be provided to fleets using Blue Tree’s R:Com fleet management system at no additional cost...

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