Truckload Carriers Solicit Support From Shippers in Hours Fight

July 5, 2000 10:16 AM, EDT

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association are urging shippers to join them in fighting proposed changes in the federal hours-of-service regulations governing truck drivers. They are also suggesting points to stress in filing comments with the Department of Transportation.

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“If we go to [DOT] and talk about the impact the rule will have on us, they’ll look at us as whiners,” said Robert Rothstein, counsel for the organization. “If shippers join in, it will show DOT how serious an issue this is.”

Rothstein said shippers groups, such as the National Industrial Transportation League, are not actively fighting the proposal, which carriers say would cause shipping rates to rise from 20% to 40%.

Rothstein and others offered their comments at a June 20 meeting of TCA’s “Just In Time to Wait” management panel.

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