DOT Calls for Monitors, 12-Hour Limit for Driving

January 26, 2000 1:50 PM, EST

New federal rules would limit long-haul truck drivers to 12 hours of driving and mandate the use of electronic data recorders, according to a well-placed Transportation Department source.

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Revisions to the commercial driver hours-of-service rules, currently at the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for a required review, would also mandate 10 consecutive hours of rest per day and two hours’ worth of rest breaks, which must be taken in half-hour increments, the official said.

“Most likely, the regulation that comes back [from OMB] will closely resemble” the proposal that DOT sent there Dec. 3, the source said.

It is not clear when OMB will complete its review of the proposal, but various sources said it would be soon. DOT had asked the White House for expedited handling of the proposal.

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