Tag: on-duty time

Voices
Hours restart looming July 1
Could the July 1 hours changes be much ado about nothing? Many Overdrive readers say so — but for some drivers with little control over weekly scheduling routinely maximizing driving hours, the change may bust the bottom line.
May 19, 2013
In recent polling on the hours change, drivers were clearly worried about new limits on the 34-hour restart, a provision originally codified during the 2003 changes to drivers’ hours of service. Todd McCann, writing on his AboutTruckDriving.com blog in April, detailed the recent examples of three successive weekends, two of whose outcomes would not have been possible under the new restart restrictions.
Business
Rest in Pieces
The new hours of service rule further complicates off-duty requirements in ways that could hurt productivity, though some flexibility is added.
February 1, 2012
Overnight parking at truck stops could get more crowded after July 1, 2013, when 34-hour restarts must include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods.
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