hours of service News Updates

Truckers who work for oilfield and natural gas companies have higher rates of accidents and fatalities than the trucking industry, due to longer hours and hours-of-service rule exemptions, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

Three advocacy groups filed a lawsuit last month to challenge the federal hours-of-service rule published in December, seeking to overturn the rule, which they say does not go far enough to prevent fatigue among truck drivers.

Highway safety advocates filed a lawsuit Friday challenging the hours-of-service rule published in December, saying it does not go far enough in addressing driver fatigue.

Sometimes, half a loaf just isn’t enough. And that’s especially true when that half a loaf actually consists of something bad that the other guy didn’t do to you after he had threatened to do so.

American Trucking Associations asked a federal appeals court on Tuesday to review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recently published hours-of-service rule, citing “changed assumptions” by the agency that went into developing the rule.

After all the evidence is weighed, there is only one conclusion: CSA in its present form is not a trustworthy tool for either the FMCSA or the public at large to use in qualifying carriers.

The new hours-of-service rules passed recently by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are a concern for us because our drivers rely on the 34-hour reset as it stands now.

A controversial 34-hour restart provision in the new hours-of-service rule will help ensure that truck drivers do not experience cumulative fatigue, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Anne Ferro told Transport Topics.

Representatives of the bus travel industry told federal regulators Monday that hours-of-service rules for interstate bus drivers need not be changed, while drivers asked for more restrictions, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Once again, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation has failed to put forth common sense with regards to longhaul truckers’ hours of service.