Court Backs ATA's Position on Hours of Service
- From: "~Tony~" <alprovaNS@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:56:50 -0600
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Jan. 14, 2008
Court Backs ATA's Position on Hours of Service
Arlington, Va. - The American Trucking Associations is pleased that the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today denied
Public Citizen?s motion to vacate the interim regulations adopted by the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration governing truck driver work
and rest, known as Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulations.
Today?s ruling confirms ATA?s view that the Court?s prior concerns with
the 11-hour daily drive-time limit and 34-hour restart provisions of the
HOS rules were only procedural in nature and that the Court does not
view those provisions as inherently unsafe.
"Government and industry safety data clearly indicate that the current
rules are working in terms of driver health, truck safety, and overall
highway safety," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "The rules have
been in force for four years and safety has improved over this time
period."
The current regulations, which are part of an Interim Final Rule, will
stay in place while FMCSA collects additional safety data, secures
comments from interested parties, and subjects its scientific analyses
to peer review. ATA is working with its members to provide additional
information to the agency regarding motor carriers? safety experiences
under the 11- and 34-hour provisions.
The interim rule?s retention of the 11- and 34-hour provisions prevents
the massive confusion and disruption to trucking operations and law
enforcement that would have taken place had those provisions been
eliminated, even for an interim period.
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