![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
FINAL HOS RULE * USA
* DC - FMCSA delays proposed final rule for Hours-of-Service wich is not gaining traction with retailers
(Photo)
Washington,DC,USA -Logistics Management, by Jeff Berman -October 31, 2011: -- Late last week, the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said that its new Hours-of-Service (HOS) rule that was scheduled to be rolled out on Friday, October 28 has been pushed back... The original deadline for the rule was July 26, FMCSA said it was adopting as final its interim final rule of Dec. 17, 2007. That allows drivers to drive 11 hours within a 15-hour work day with a 34-hour restart provision. Both provisions had been challenged in court by Public Citizen, Advocates for Highway Safety, unions and other groups on procedural grounds... If those proposals become law, many industry stakeholders contend that they collectively will reduce the amount of time carriers have to move freight and hinder available trucking capacity... But not all politicians are against the rules, though. In a letter to President Obama last week, some Senators wrote that they support the proposed HOS rules... “The National Transportation Safety Board has found that fatigue is the primary factor in 30 to 40 percent of large truck crashes,” the Senators wrote...Labels: HOS debates, HOS rules
posted by Unknown @ 11:53 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home