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The 34-hour restartâs complicated limbo
Hereâs the latest. Nothing about the 34-hour restart will change until FMCSA issues its certified report on its mandated comparative restart study. If the report says what many truckers have hoped, however, the restart could disappear entirely.
February 17, 2016
Channel 19
Oops: Appropriations bill may have done away with 34-hour restart entirely
Turns out the 34-hour restart-related item in the late-2015 Congressional appropriations bill may have done a little more than was intended, eliminating the restart entirely. Before you start (or continue, as it were) recapping hours, however âŚ
February 12, 2016
Hours of Service
Required 34-hour restart study finished, advances to next step, says FMCSA boss
A Congressionally required study of truck operators and FMCSAâs 2013-instituted 34-hour restart regulations has been completed and is now under review by the Department of Transportationâs Office of the Secretary, said Scott Darling, nominated administrator of FMCSA.
January 20, 2016
Hours of Service
President signs spending package that includes continuation of 34-hour restart regs suspension
The U.S. House passed Friday the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that continues the suspension of certain 2013-implemented hours-of-service rules.
December 18, 2015
Hours of Service
Rollback of 34-hour restart regs further entrenched by Congressional budget deal
FMCSA will have to prove its 2013-implemented rules are better for driver fatigue and highway safety than previous hours rules before they can go back into effect, Congress directs.
December 16, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Will FMCSA give sleeper berth flexibility in next hours-of-service rule?
In this brief interview, Overdrive News Editor James Jaillet talks with the Truckload Carriers Associationâs David Heller about potential changes to hours of service rules FMCSA and Congress could be working on.
October 2, 2015
Hours of Service
FMCSA done studying drivers for 34-hour restart report, funding stopgap wonât affect ârollbackâ
FMCSA collected data for five months on two groups of drivers: One abiding by pre-2013 rules and one following the 2013 requirements. It will now begin analyzing the data it gathered and could produce a report by yearâs end.
October 1, 2015
Business
Hours exemptions ârunning rampant,â says TCAâs Heller, FMCSA still working on 34-hour restart study
Heller also touched on the latest happenings with a speed limiter mandate, entry-level driver training rule, another carrier scoring system and more on hours of service changes.
September 30, 2015
Hours of Service
âRestart snapback?â Will FMCSA try to reinstitute 2013 restart rules after Sept. 30?
The current stay of enforcement of the 2013-implemented rules governing truckersâ use of a 34-hour hours-of-service restart could be removed as soon as Sept. 30, 2015, according to the text of the law that temporarily suspended the rules.
September 21, 2015
Overdrive Extra
THUD update: House retains provision barring FMCSA from increasing insurance minimums, still no Senate bill
With Congress returning from its roughly two-week Memorial Day recess, work likely will resume in the coming week on 2016 appropriations bills for the DOT. And those bills could earn the trucking industry a few regulatory victories.
June 5, 2015
Hours of Service
Bill dictating direction of hours-of-service restart rollback, insurance rule advances
The 2016 DOT funding bill that would keep in place the current hours-of-service suspension until FMCSA can justify the HOS rule changes put in place in July 2013 and block FMCSA from increasing carrier insurance minimums.
May 14, 2015
Hours of Service
Study finds 2013 restart restrictions negatively impacted safety
âRegulations should serve to improve safety, not create additional safety risks.â âMaverickâs Dean Newell on the 2013-implemented restart restrictions.
April 29, 2015
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