Hours of Service Rules – Recipe For Disaster
August 24, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 2 Comments
First off this is total speculation – the rules have not changed, yet. I just think that if the rules are changed from 11 hours of driving – to 8 hours of driving – without anything else being changed that this will be a recipe for disaster.
In the recent weeks there has been a couple [...]
Hours of Service Under Attack – Again
July 22, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 4 Comments
Even though trucking is the safest it has ever been as far as accidents go.
Advocates for safer highways are still attacking the hours-of-service in which limits the hours per day a truck driver can work/drive – but that is only a small part of the problem.
Advocates for safer highways such as Truck Safety [...]
Senator Mitch McConnell – Cross Border with Mexico
May 22, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 1 Comment
I recently contacted both my senators here in Kentucky and have received a reply from Senator Mitch McConnell.
I’m sure this is probably the same “canned message” that anyone would get, but I thought i would share with you what he thinks about the Mexico cross-border issue.
If I am understanding the letter right, it looks as [...]
Current HOS Rules are Working but Need More Flexibility
January 22, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 4 Comments
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) today that the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working but need flexibility in the sleeper berth provision.
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ATA tells FMCSA to Keep Current Hours Of Service Rules
January 21, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
The American Trucking Association (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers sent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA) a message yesterday “The current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working.
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‘Big battle’ mounts over bigger big rigs
June 5, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
Debate is heating up over an issue likely to strike terror in the heart of any driver who has spied an 18-wheeler looming in the rearview mirror as he scrambles into the slow lane: whether even bigger big-rigs should be allowed on the nation’s highways.
Federal law limits the weight and length of 18-wheelers on the [...]
Magruder High School alumni’s mother advocates for truck safety
May 13, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
The mother of a Col. Zadok Magruder High School alum who was killed in January after a truck tire sprung loose and landed on her car has joined a group of safety advocates in hopes of preventing more highway tragedies involving trucks.
Tracy Quinichett said she knows nothing can bring back her daughter Channing, but hopes [...]
