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Watch: FMCSA boss Martinez on what prompted agency’s move to open hours of service discussion

Overdrive Staff
Aug 30, 2018
Updated Sep 7, 2018
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FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez spoke to the press Aug. 25 at the Great American Trucking Show about what prompted the agency to act on hours of service reforms and how ELDs have played a role. See more coverage of Martinez’s sit-down with members of the trucking trade press and the agency’s hours of service pre-rule at the links below.

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