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OS/OW TRUCKS * USA: Exemption requested
* DC - SC&RA seeks 30-minute break exemption for OS/OW loads
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker News Services -21 Nov 2014: -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has received an application from the Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association (SC & RA) for an exemption from the 30-minute rest break provision of the agency’s Hours of Service regulations for all permitted loads... The requested exemption would apply to specialized carriers and drivers responsible for the transportation of loads that exceed normal weight and dimensional limits — oversize/overweight (OS/OW) loads — and require a permit issued by a government authority... Because of the nature of the operation of OS/OW loads, the SC & RA said in its request that the association believes compliance with the 30-minute rest break rule is extremely difficult, primarily because of the limited (usually daylight) hours in which an OS/OW load can be transported as restricted by state permit requirements. There are thousands of OS/OW loads moving on the nation’s highways every day, data show... Steven Todd, SC&RA vice president, called the 30-minute rest break requirement a serious problem for the association’s members...
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