Tag: 14-hour clock

Overdrive Extra

One trucker’s somewhat mixed feelings on the hours of service proposal

Clifford Petersen on the hours proposal: “I will say definitively … that yes, we need greater flexibility. After all, we are professionals, and no one knows our needs better than we do. Still, there are areas that need clarification …”

August 28, 2019

Overdrive Radio

Listen/watch: Owner-operators, drivers weigh in on hours at FMCSA’s listening session

If you missed the Great American Trucking Show or the FMCSA’s 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

Bill in Congress would allow drivers to pause 14-hour clock for up to three hours

A bill filed in the U.S. House Thursday by Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) would allow drivers to take one break per day — of up to three hours — that does not count against their 14-hour on-duty allotment. The bill mirrors a petition filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association last month, calling for a pause button for drivers’ daily 14-hour clock of up to three hours and the removal of the mandatory 30-minute break required by current hours regs.

March 29, 2018

Voices

Four-wheelers, too: Highway safety should be a widely shared aim

“Why would lawmakers discourage (for all intents and purposes) tired drivers from taking a nap/ safety break?” reader Rick Blatter asks in this opinion in response to an opinion piece in a New Jersey newspaper.

July 9, 2014

Hours of Service

Hours and EOBRs: Operator challenge No. 2

Using a survey and our social media channels, we quizzed readers about what they saw as the No. 1 problem for owner-operators. Here’s a closer look at challenge No. 2 of the top five, Hours and EOBRs, with partial solutions from owner-operators, fleet representatives and others.

August 3, 2012