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* USA: House Representatives passes bill with controversial trucking riders
* DC - The House of R. passes bill with section on restart provision
Washington, DC, USA - The Trucker - 10 June 2015
* DC - NHTSA tells Congress not to increase trucking limitations
-- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) advised Congress on Friday not to change current size and weight laws for the trucking industry after completing an inconclusive study on increasing the current limitations... At the heart of the study is the question of allowing double 33-foot trailers with six axles to carry bigger, heavier loads on Interstates throughout the U.S... The double trailers are already in operation in some states, and trucking-industry advocates said allowing them throughout the country would increase trucking productivity and efficiency, at little cost to safety and highway maintenance... The NHTSA told Congress that there isn’t enough data to make determinations on whether increasing truck size and weight would be safe... Crash data on the larger trucks did not give Department of Transportation (DOT) researchers an indication as to whether the crashed trucks had been fully loaded or overweight, or whether the cargo was equally distributed... The DOT also lacks models to predict bridge deterioration from the heavier trucks, rendering it impossible to determine any long-term costs from maintenance...
DC, USA - The Times News Daily, by Josh Aden - Jun 10, 2015
* Virginia - American Trucking Associations applauded the House action
-- The advice to table any changes in the law has drawn the ire of trucking-industry advocates, such as American Trucking Association President and CEO Bill Graves, who is firmly in favor of larger twin trailers... “By including language requiring a more robust study of the Hours of Service restart restrictions originally imposed in July 2013, and a modest increase in the length of some truck combinations, the House has taken an important step in improving the safety of our highways, first and foremost, but also the efficiency of our highway system and the industry that moves nearly 70 percent of the nation’s goods,” said Graves, "the longer combination vehicles allowed by the bill would improve capacity and safety, without increasing truck weight limits. This modest change will reduce the number of truck trips needed to move the nation’s freight, cut emissions and reduce trucking’s exposure to crashes"... The ATA has taken a neutral position on the possible increase in liability minimums...
Arlington, VIR, USA - The Trucker - 10 June 2015
* Michigan - Hoffa: Overworking truckers is dangerous
-- Highways across Michigan and the U.S. have become increasingly dangerous for motorists. And that will only get worse if Congress approves a transportation spending bill that effectively keeps the suspension of rules in place that allow truck drivers to work longer hours, that permits larger double-trailers and that prevents the U.S. Department of Transportation from raising minimum insurance standards that have been frozen in place for the last three decades...
Detroit, MICH, USA - The Detroit News, by Teamsters President James Hoffa - June 10, 2015
* "There are many miles to go, however, before either rider becomes law, if they do. That depends on when and whether the Obama administration and Congress can strike a budget deal" said William B. Cassidy, J.O.C. Senior Editor - Jun 10, 2015
Labels: debates, laws and rules
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