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Sep 5, 2014

TRUCKERS´HOS RULES * USA

* DC - FMCSA defends ‘science’ used for HOS to Congressmen; GAO asked for evaluation

Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -3 Sept 2014: ... On July 1, 2013, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration required drivers to comply with a new 34-hour restart rule in order to reset a driver’s weekly driving limit. The new 34-hour restart rule requires a driver to be off-duty for 34 consecutive hours, which must include two periods between 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. This rule change has had the effect of extending some drivers’ restart period, and cutting the number of hours they are able to work... The American Trucking Associations, it's a staunch opponent of the new HOS rule... House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., and Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Tom Petri, R-Wis., said they had requested that the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) evaluate two studies on which the new HOS rules were based... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration late Wednesday staunchly defended the science used to develop the new Hours of Service rule...

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