Letter to the Editor: HOS Court Decision
ow could anyone be surprised by the court’s decision that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration must vacate and then review the current hours-of-service rules for drivers?
All anyone needed to do was to compare the notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) to the actual changes. They were not even close.
I have stated before that the new rules were no more difficult to live with than the old — and in some cases were made even easier to beat. When the new rules were first published I was surprised at how the HOS changes seemed to favor the industry over the NPRMs.
Lawrence Hartung
I>Regulatory Compliance Officer
ulcher Services
enton, Texas
This letter appeared in the July 26 print edition of Transport Topics. Subscribe today.