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FMCSA officially confirms it’s proceeding with proposal for hours of service overhaul
The head of the FMCSA confirmed that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul hours of service regulations. Learn more here on Overdrive Online.
February 26, 2019
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Livestock groups ask DOT for hours-of-service waivers
Rather than the standard 14-hour on-duty period & 11-hour drive-time limit, the groups have asked FMCSA to allow them for a 16-hour on-duty period after an off-duty period of 10 consecutive hours and a 15-hour drive-time window within those 16 hours.
February 5, 2019
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Snow, bitter cold prompt expansion of HOS suspensions in Midwest, Northeast
Truck drivers hauling heating fuels, including propane, natural gas, and heating oil, and other fuel products, including gasoline, into the affected states providing necessary relief will be exempt from hours of service regulations through Feb. 2, or until the end of the emergency, whichever is less.
January 28, 2019
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FMCSA suspends hours regs for certain drivers in 12 states ahead of winter storm
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a Regional Emergency Declaration that includes Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
January 18, 2019
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Though FMCSA operations unaffected, shutdown could delay hours of service revisions
Agency officials hinted in December that a notice of proposed rulemaking offering potential revisions to federal hours regs could come as early as March. But the lingering closure of federal agencies will impede FMCSA’s ability to proceed with the rulemaking process, the official said.
January 16, 2019
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FMCSA scraps split-sleeper berth study amid press for hours reforms
FMCSA has canceled a study meant to gauge the safety aspects of allowing truck drivers to split their on- and off-duty time into segments. The agency’s new — and pressing — move to propose changes to hours of service regulations has rendered the study moot, sources said.
December 20, 2018
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Mobile shower, catering group seeks hours relief to better aid firefighters responding to disasters
The National Mobile Shower and Catering Association is requesting the regulations relief for its member companies’ drivers who are responding under a “Resource Order,” an order issued by a federal agency directing firefighters and supporting personnel to respond to forest fires and similar emergencies.
November 29, 2018
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New personal-conveyance FAQs illustrate FMCSA’s round-trip view of ‘under dispatch’
In the agency’s new FAQ series, Question No. 1 solidifies an interpretation of any dispatch as encompassing a round trip, and also attempts to clarify seeming contradictions between that interpretation and the new personal conveyance guidance. More on PC enforcement during audits, too, muddying waters.
November 9, 2018
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‘Flexibility is the common-sense answer’: Operators, enforcers and trade groups sound off on hours reforms
Ideas, anecdotes, concerns and wishes for hours of service reform from drivers, owner-operators and prominent trucking trade orgs, including OOIDA, ATA, CVSA and more.
November 1, 2018
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Fleets seek waivers from 30-minute break, short-haul exemption restrictions, more
Each of these four trucking companies is looking to exempt out of certain hours of service regulations. More information here on Overdrive.
October 18, 2018
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Beef, bee orgs petition FMCSA to allow livestock drivers 16-hour on-duty period, 15-hour drive time
Organizations filed a petition with the FMCSA hoping the agency allows livestock haulers to have 16 hours of on-duty time and 15 hours of drive time per shift.
October 15, 2018
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Comment period ends today on potential hours of service reforms
Deadline to file comments on the FMCSA’s process to evaluate hours of service regs is approaching. Get more information and other industry news on Overdrive.
October 10, 2018
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One week left to comment on HOS reform; another listening session set for next week
The next listening session on hours of service reform, hosted by the FMCSA, will be held Oct. 10, 2018, at the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters.
October 3, 2018
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Truckers push flexibility case at latest hours of service listening session
The FMCSA's Ray Martinez listened to truckers voice their opinions about hours of service regulations at the Guilty by Association Truck Show in Joplin, MO.
October 2, 2018
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Hours of service listening sessions planned for this week and next
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has planned two more hours of service listening sessions to be held September 28 and October 2, 2018.
September 24, 2018
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Hours of service comment period extended to Oct. 10
The FMCSA has extended the deadline to Wednesday, October 10, 2018, for feedback from truckers regarding Hours of Service. Get the details here on Overdrive.
September 19, 2018
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Next hours of service listening session in Reno this Saturday
The FMCSA announced that it will hold a public listening session in Reno, Nevada to gather input from the public on hours of service reforms. Learn more here.
September 17, 2018
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Hours of service listening session cancelled due to hurricane
The FMCSA has cancelled a listening session on HOS reforms because of the incoming hurricane along the coast. Read more here on Overdrive.
September 13, 2018
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