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Hours final rule postponed till Nov. 28
October 28, 2011
| by: Jill Dunn
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has postponed until Nov. 28 releasing an hours-of-service final rule.
Previously, transportation officials had indicated to a federal court it would publish the HOS final rule Friday, Oct. 28.
Meanwhile, three Senate leaders announced support for the HOS proposal.
The FMCSA said, “The petitioners have agreed to extend the October 28, 2011 deadline for publication of a final hours-of-service rule. FMCSA will continue to work toward publishing a final rule as quickly as possible. The parties to the settlement agreement will file their next status report with the Court on November 28, 2011.”
Two years ago, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Public Citizen and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reached a settlement to replace the current rule issued in 2008. Last year, the agency adhered to the agreement’s schedule by sending a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to the White House Office of Management and Budget by July 26.
It published an NPR December 2010, followed by the agency’s third status report to the court, which listed publication of a final rule by Oct. 28. The FMCSA sent a HOS final rule to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood Aug. 11 and the next step would be for OMB to review it before the agency publishes it.
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This is the biggest joke on this planet,after 40 years I can tell you,you can’t regulate sleep.Everytime this nonsense comes up, I see dollars going out of my pocket, because after all this is what it is about, the dollar.
The true down side to this, is you make people drive when they are tired and sit around when they are wide awake.
I could go on all day about this one, but what do I know.Thanks for your time.
Seeing how everyone is diffrent so is everyones rest needs. No matter how you change the rules there isn’t going to be one particular way to set everything up to be good for everyone. Someone may be able to drive 8hours and the next guy/gal may be able to drive 18 (just for arguement) and the next day those same people may be reversed. Thus causing fatigue because they were able to do it one day the dispatcher/load planner looks at this and shoves at those drivers something that mimics what they did the day before and when told I can’t do it by the driver it falls on deaf ears. I think the rules imposed by the companies on the drivers need to desperatley evaluated…….ie. if your late you get a mark against you…what if you are a responsible driver get tired and want to be safe so you want to stop and take a nap?? You either loose valueable hours of work or get hit by your company with a late (which after just a few they will fire you).
The U.S. Department of Transportation will continue to bend to the political will of organized truck haters who have no idea what they are causing. The industry is beginning to experience the first regional supply chain failures, for example, an unprecedented shortage of available trucks for moving produce from the Northwest to eastern markets. It will be absolutely entertaining to watch as those stupendous idiots are ultimately forced to deal with the consequences of their actions.
Like other drivers have said these HOS rules have nothing to do with safety, it is all about compliance and money. Until the FMCAS gets involved with shippers and receivers and do something about delay time there is no reason to worry about the HOS. Drivers with any experience at all know how to get the load delivered safely without anyone telling him when he needs to sleep.