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HOS rule may surface sooner than expected
New driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules may be issued sooner than expected, according to information from Intermodal Insights, a publication of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) may attempt to split the rule into parts, issuing less-controversial parts first and leaving the rest for later. Some portion of a new rule could be
HOS training program provided in Canada
Kim Richardson Transportation Specialists, a truck driver training school near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is offering a four-hour, hours-of-service training program for drivers and owner-operators who operate in the United States. Company officials say the program will help drivers prepare for the HOS rules when they take effect Jan 4, 2004. Topics in the program cover objectives of the new HOS standard,
HOS application works with OmniTRACS
Qualcomm Inc's hours of service application, an automated system for use with OmniTRACS, will be available to the trucking industry in summer 2005. The application uses the electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) embedded in the OmniTRACS system and complies with section 395.15 of United States Department of Transportation regulations governing use of EOBRs to document compliance with HOS regulations.
HOS rules eased in wake of hurricane
HOS rules eased in wake of hurricane
HOS rule published
HOS rule published
HOS rule may surface sooner than expected
New driver hours-of-service rules may be issued sooner than expected, according to information from Intermodal Insights, a publication of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). Recent indications from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are that the agency may attempt to split the rule into parts, issuing less controversial parts first and leaving the rest for later.
HOS rules spark need for industry cooperation
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Hours-of-service (HOS) regulations challenged by American Trucking Associations (ATA) | Bulk Transporter
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has filed a motion to intervene in response to the latest challenge to the hours-of-service (HOS) rules
HOS decision delayed until December 27
The hours-of-service (HOS) rule got a reprieve October 1 from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which decided to give the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
HOS rules still baffle many truck drivers
Despite attempts by regulators to clarify the new hours-of-service rules, many truck drivers are still confused about the regulations, according to phone calls tracked by the Department of Transportation. The largest number of calls, 18%, concern the 34-hour restart period. Another 16% of callers want to know more about the sleeper berth provision. Nine percent have asked about the 60/70-hour workweek
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Hours-of-service (HOS) rules challenged by American Trucking Associations (ATA) | Bulk Transporter
A petition that asks the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to reconsider some of the details of the driver hour-of-service (HOS) rules is ill-advised and raises no new substantive safety issues, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) said in a news release December 19
On-board HOS recording devices draw fire from trucking industry
A PROPOSED mandate for electronic on-board recording devices to document driver compliance with the federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules is receiving mixed, but heated reactions from some in the trucking industry. Although the idea has been around for at least two decades, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) now is considering the feasibility of making the devices mandatory. Meanwhile,
Big HOS changes will alter relationships
LIFE will change perhaps dramatically for trucking companies and their customers. The compliance date for the new driver hours-of-service (HOS) regulation is just around the corner on January 4, 2004. The potential impact of new rules on truck transportation could be profound. Business will not continue as usual. The rules will change the shipper-carrier relationship, because the supply-demand ratio
FMCSA: HOS key components remain in place
FMCSA: Current HOS key components remain in place
Current HOS rules working but need more flexibility, industry speakers tell FMCSA
Representatives from affiliates and member companies of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that the current hours-of-service (HOS) rules are working but need flexibility in the sleeper berth provision
Hours-of-service (HOS) regulations challenged by American Trucking Associations (ATA) | Bulk Transporter
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has filed a motion to intervene in response to the latest challenge to the hours-of-service (HOS) rules
ATA: HOS sleeper berth rules need adjusting
Commercial truck drivers need greater flexibility within federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules to allow them to select sleep times and duration based on individual need, according to a study released by the American Trucking Associations and sleep research firm Circadian International Inc.
HOS ruling hurts all of trucking
FRIDAY, July 16, was a very bad day for the Department of Transportation (DOT). In the legal equivalent of a 24 between the eyes, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia struck down the new hours-of-service rules that took effect at the first of the year. This wasn't just a majority decision. It was a unanimous verdict in which all three judges on the panel ruled that the hours-of-service
HOS changes make tank cleaning delays more costly
WITH THE changes in driver hours of service, delays at the wash rack now have a greater impact on tank fleet efficiency. Every minute a driver sits at a wash rack costs him and his company revenue. Ray Riley, Miller Transporters, brought that message to the 2004 Tank Cleaning Council Seminar, which was held April 12 and 13 in Nashville, Tennessee. He stressed the need for wash rack operators to do
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