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Hours of Service
Restart rollback bill delayed as Senate pulls it from the floor
The Senate bill that would have suspended two of the 34-hour restart provisions included in the 2013-implemented federal hours-of-service rule was pulled from the Senate floor June 19 after disagreements over procedural rules prevented the bill from moving forward for debate.
June 20, 2014
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Channel 19
Restart watch: Whoopi doesn’t get it either
“Attention mainstream media: There are a lot of people out here who think the changes that have been proposed in draft legislation may actually, on the contrary, ‘strengthen safety rules,'” contrary to what NYT editorial board thinks is going on in Congress.
June 17, 2014
Off-duty hours
Hours of Service
Teamsters come out against hours changes, ATA still supportive
The Teamsters Union has voiced its opposition to recent Congressional action to roll back the 2013 changes to federal hours-of-service restart provisions, but ATA head Bill Graves is holding strong on the group’s support for suspending the changes.
June 11, 2014
Hours of Service
Bill in Senate would suspend hours rule’s restart provisions and require further study
A bill making its way through the Senate now includes an amendment to undo some provisions of the hours of service rule changes implemented in July 2013 for at least a year and require a study by the DOT.
June 5, 2014
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Hours of Service
House members call for GAO to evaluate FMCSA’s methodology in creating hours rule
Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to evaluate studies done by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that justify the most recent hours of service regulations changes, which took effect last year.
April 2, 2014
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Channel 19
Introducing ‘Drivers for the TRUE Safety Act’
In November Chris Gadarowski launched the “Drivers for the ‘TRUE Safety Act'” Facebook page as a grassroots gathering point for those in favor of the bill’s call for an independent hours review attendant to a rollback of changes made last July.
February 8, 2014
Those interested can find the “Drivers for the ‘TRUE Safety Act'” Facebook page via this link.
Hours of Service
Poll: Have the new hours affected your income?
With the first quarter following the July 1 change in the hours of service rules well over and done, what has been the economic impact for your operation?
November 6, 2013
Channel 19
Looking for fleet/owner-operator common ground
If drivers and fleet folks truly presented a united front on hours to Congress and regulators, would anything change for the better in terms of flexibility?
October 26, 2013
Overdrive published a series of reports and related stories on the top five problems ranked in this list by readers in August of 2012. Find the main reports via the following links. 1) Fuel prices. 2) Hours and EOBRs. 3) Uncompensated detention. 4) Freight rates. 5) Equipment costs / emissions regs.
Hours of Service
Rocky restart for hours rules
The new hours of service rules began being enforced this week, despite resistance and pleas of concern over cost and productivity from drivers and the industry at large.
July 1, 2013
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Business
Cool Reception
FMCSA’s proposed hours of service revision stirs criticisms.
February 1, 2011
FMCSA proposes that drivers’ workdays must end immediately after the 14-hour window for driving time. Under the current rule, drivers can do nondriving work after those 14 hours.
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