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Hours of Service: Page 15
Hours of Service
Stress relief the hours proposal stands to deliver
NASTCâs David Owen on the hours of service proposal: âWhat the unnecessary ELD mandate has required is a closer look at the HOS and relief from the odious stress and pressures created by the current rule. I feel if the âadvocatesâ were true advocates for safer highways, they would see and appreciate this.â
October 11, 2019
Hours of Service
Drivers, carriers offer mixed reactions to proposed hours changes
Many comments already submitted agree with the proposed changes, while others think it will allow carriers to extend driversâ working day by three hours. Other commenters mostly agree with the changes but would prefer more flexibility with the 30-minute break and the sleeper berth split.
September 20, 2019
Hours of Service
Comment period for proposed hours of service overhaul extended through Oct. 21
FMCSA announced in a Federal Register notice to be published Thursday, Sept. 19, it has extended the comment period from Oct. 7 to Oct. 21. The 14-day extension effectively gives the hours proposal a 60-day comment period from the time it was published Aug. 22.
September 18, 2019
Hours of Service
34-hour restart regs rebuffed by Congress in 2014 officially nixed from rulebook
The regulations, which have not been enforced since December 2014, limited truck drivers to one restart per week and required the restart to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods. Those regulations were suspended by Congress in December 2014, though they technically remained on the books.
September 11, 2019
Hours of Service
Second FMCSA listening session on hours of service set for D.C.
The second of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrationâs listening sessions on the proposed hours of service changes will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17, at U.S. DOT headquarters in Washington, D.C. The listening session will be held from 1-3 p.m. and is open to the public.
September 2, 2019
Overdrive Radio
Listen/watch: Owner-operators, drivers weigh in on hours at FMCSAâs listening session
If you missed the Great American Trucking Show or the FMCSAâs webcast last week, you can sit in on the first hour_plus of the hours of service listening session held at GATS Aug. 23 via this video and/or audio player. The session was devoted to some proposed hours changes aimed at increasing both safety with some measure of flexibility for drivers.
August 28, 2019
Hours of Service
CVSA, ATA ask for extension of hours of service comment period
Two separate requests have been filed to FMCSA asking for an extension of the public comment period for the agencyâs proposed rule to reform hours of service regulations, citing the weight and complexity of the issues at hand.
August 27, 2019
Hours of Service
Drivers press for cumulative 30-minute break in first HOS listening session
Kicking off the formal comment period for FMCSAâs proposal to enact hours of service reforms, owner-operators and other stakeholders took the mic before FMCSAâs top decision makers at a public listening session Friday at the Great American Trucking Show.
August 23, 2019
Hours of Service
Truckers have until Oct. 7 to file comments on FMCSAâs hours of service proposal
Proposed changes include allowing drivers to pause their 14-hour on-duty clock for up to three hours and extending the split sleeper berth options for drivers to include splits of seven hours and three hours, among other proposed reforms; comments are being facilitated, likewise, at GATS this week.
August 22, 2019
Hours of Service
Hours of service listening session set for GATS
The GATS listening session, which will be at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, will begin at 10 a.m. and is scheduled for two hours. FMCSA says the listening sessions will allow the public to present comments, views and relevant research on the proposed hours changes.
August 19, 2019
Hours of Service
Stop the clock: Proposed hours of service overhaul would allow drivers to pause 14-hour countdown
FMCSA announced its proposal to reform hours of service regulations. Chief among the changes is the proposal to allow drivers to pause their 14-hour on-duty time for up to three hours, and expanding the split-sleeper option to 7/3, beyond the current 8/2. Full details hereâŚ
August 14, 2019
Hours of Service
FMCSA begins process of clarifying HOS exceptions for ag haulers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now accepting feedback on what freight is considered agricultural commodities and to what extent haulers of those commodities should receive exemptions from federal hours of service regulations.
July 30, 2019
Hours of Service
FMCSA now projecting hours of service proposal will be published in late July
In its latest rulemakings update, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration lists July 31 as its projected publication date for its proposal to reform federal hours of service regulations. The date is not binding and could change.
June 28, 2019
Hours of Service
FMCSAâs move to redefine âag commoditiesâ for HOS regs proceeds
Currently, the agency defines ag commodities as âany agricultural commodity, nonprocessed food, feed, fiber, or livestock,â but that definition could change should the agency proceed with the rulemaking process after it solicits feedback with this ANPRM.
June 24, 2019
Hours of Service
Group wants turfgrass sod included as âag commodityâ for hours exemptions
Currently, drivers hauling ag commodities operate under certain HOS exemptions, such as the 150-air-mile radius exemption that allows drivers carrying ag commodities to skip recording duty status if they stay within a 150-air-mile radius of the source of the commodity, among others.
June 19, 2019
Hours of Service
POLL: What do you most want out of an hours rule change?
As an expected release date for FMCSAâs pursed hours remap has come and gone once already, it bears asking again â whatâs your main hope of the rewrite? Weigh in here.
June 17, 2019
Hours of Service
Trash, recycling pickup company requests reprieve from certain short-haul exemption provisions
Kimble Recycling & Disposal says its short-haul trash and recycling pickup drivers cannot complete their work day within the 12 hours required by the short-haul exemption and requests to allow its drivers to operate up to 14 hours in a day.
May 30, 2019
Hours of Service
DOT funding bill would force 30-minute break to remain in hours regs
In what could become a clash between lawmakers in the U.S. House and a Department of Transportation aiming to propose an overhaul to driversâ hours of service regulations, a working version of the annual Transportation Department funding bill released by the Houseâs Appropriations Committee last week would bar the DOT from eliminating the 30-minute break requirement of current hours regs.
May 28, 2019
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