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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
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80 percent of public oppose overturning current hours rule, trucking questions study
Safety groups are pushing a new study that shows 80 percent of the American public wants Congress to leave the 2013 hours-of-service rule in place and to abandon efforts to suspend the rule. Trucking groups, however, say the results of the study are âmisleadingâ and âharmful.â
October 17, 2014
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Trucking leaders push for suspension of 34-hour restart provisions in DOT funding bill
Trucking industry stakeholders and lobbyists are asking Congress to suspend for a year two of the key changes implemented to hours of service rules for truck operators.
June 4, 2014
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Hours rule flaws: Study finds fault in FMCSA research, calls for review of rule
The research used by FMCSA to justify its hours of service rule is seriously flawed and calls into question the entirety of the rule itself, said the American Transportation Research Institute in a study released this week.
April 23, 2014
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House members call for GAO to evaluate FMCSAâs 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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Trucking groups question FMCSA hours study, Congressman says itâs âworthlessâ
Rep. Richard Hanna called FMCSAâs study âworthless,â while OOIDA says it is skeptical of the agencyâs findings. ATA says the study does not provide any justification for the rules.
January 30, 2014
Hours of Service
Warning for short haulers: Exceeding distance, time limits makes 30-min. break mandatory
Short haul drivers who exceed the distance or time limits that qualify them as short haul drivers would be subject to complying with the mandatory 30-minute break required by the July 1 hours rule.
December 18, 2013
Hours of Service
FMCSA officially amends hours rule to remove break requirement for short haulers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a final rule this week that officially provides an exemption of the 30-minute break requirement of the current hours of service rule to short haulers.
October 29, 2013
Hours of Service
DOTâs Foxx defends hours rule, saying it is âproduct of yearsâ of research
In a letter of response to Congressional criticism, Foxx defends the current hours rule and says it is the result of years of research into driver fatigue and safety and analysis of comments from the public.
September 19, 2013
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House rep calls hours rule âflawed regulatory processâ
Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) signaled in a statement this week he intends to gather congressional support for intervening in the regulatory process over the latest hours rule change.
September 18, 2013
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ATRI seeking driver feedback on impacts of new hours rule
The American Transportation Research Institute wants to hear from drivers as to how the hours of service rule has impacted their quality of life, miles and pay.
September 10, 2013
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House letter questions hours of service implementation
House members in a letter to Secretary Anthony Foxx say the implementation of the hours of service rule was âcounter to common sense.â
September 3, 2013
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