Carrier input sought for HOS effects study
May 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking motor carrier data to measure the effects of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's hours-of-service provision that substantially altered the sleeper berth exception affecting drivers' ability to split sleeper berth time.
ATRI will collect data quarterly in an effort to track changes in driver safety performance and measure it against the overall safety impacts of the 2004 HOS rules, which included a more flexible sleeper berth provision.
This study represents the second stage of data collection as part of ATRI's continuing research to measure safety impacts of the HOS rules changes. Information required includes collision and driver injury data covering the period January 1 through March 31, 2006. Data by participating motor carriers should be submitted no later than April 30, 2006. ATRI will be collecting this same data quarterly hroughout 2006. Carriers interested in providing data can phone ATRI's Virginia Dick at 770-432-0628 or e-mail vdick@trucking.org.
