HOS rules

Speakout

Overdrive Staff | April 01, 2012

Safety should be priority in scheduling deliveries Freight should move based on safety, not shippers’ priorities for just-in-time and not on unnatural hours of service rules. I’m not sure if carriers are forcing as many loads ...

Industry briefs

Illinois DOT suspends HOS rules for petroleum haulers

Overdrive Staff | February 02, 2011

Petroleum haulers are exempt from Illinois' hours of service regulations until 11:59 p.m. Feb. 7, or until bad weather has subsided, the Illinois Department of Transportation said Monday. The lift was declared due to increased ...

News

Cool Reception

Todd Dills and Avery Vise | February 01, 2011

FMCSA’s proposed hours of service revision stirs criticisms. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposal to modify the hours of service rule has found little love from the trucking industry or safety advocates. The American Trucking Associations ...

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Hours proposal timeline set

Jill Dunn | November 19, 2010

The White House Office of Management and Budget is expected to release a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on hours of service by Nov. 26, according to a U.S. Department of Transportation report. The DOT has set ...

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Agency opposes court-imposed hours rules deadline

Overdrive Staff | August 17, 2010

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration argued Aug. 16 that even though it has missed a congressional deadline by 14 years, a federal appeals court should not impose an explicit deadline on issuing a regulation ...

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Hours rules exemption extended in Gulf states

Overdrive Staff | June 01, 2010

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the second extension of its temporary lifting of hours-of-service rules for haulers of some emergency supplies to four southeast coastal states because of the oil spill in the ...

CSA'S DATA TRAIL

Crashes and interventions: Blitzkrieg probes coming to trucking

The FMCSA's quick-strike sweep through "high-risk" passenger carriers, say officials, will be hitting our industry sooner rather than later. Knowing the agency's definition of a high-risk carrier is your first step in avoiding involuntary shutdown.