hours of service News Updates

The federal hours-of-service rule’s July 1 implementation date should be postponed until the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration completes mandated research on the rule, American Transportation Research Institute Chairman Steve Williams told a House panel Tuesday.

Upcoming restrictions to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers will cost the trucking industry $189 million annually — a $322 million difference from the $133 million benefit that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimated when it wrote the new restrictions, according to a new American Transportation Research Institute study.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published a “visor card” outlining the changes to truck driver hours-of-service regulations set to take effect July 1.

A panel of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hear next week from supporters and critics of the latest changes to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service rule for truck drivers, which is set to take effect in three weeks.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has temporarily waived truck driver hours-of-service rules for drivers who are helping recovery efforts from the major tornado that hit near Oklahoma City on Monday.

Publicly traded trucking companies are warning investors that upcoming changes to the hours-of-service rule could take a bite out of productivity and reduce equipment utilization.

CINCINNATI — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s chief safety officer strongly defended changes in driver hours-of-service rules slated to take effect in July, saying they are necessary to reduce exposure to fatigue that can lead to crashes.

I am enclosing a copy of the letter I recently sent to the several congressman about the federal hours-of-service rule.

Ya gotta love it that the royalty in Washington, D.C., is so out of touch with the American people and the business world. The bureaucrats in Washington have never sat in a truck, and yet they are the ones telling me how to drive my truck.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Despite pleas from bipartisan groups of lawmakers in Congress and the uncertain outcome of court challenges, there will not be any delay to the July 1 start date for enforcing the newest modifications to the hours-of-service rule, said Anne Ferro, head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.