Whew! Great, great two hours guys--lots of information to digest--long story weigh in. Advocates for Highway Safetys Henry Jasney says the 34 hour restart provision needs to stay in place. Is that realistic, or does the industry and safety groups need a time out to reevaluate all of this? Rescind that portion of the 34 hour restart, while this is researched further, in other words -------------------------------------------------------------------- Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx urged the top congressional appropriators on Dec. 4 not to include a provision that would suspend a “34-hour restart” trucking regulation in a large funding bill currently under consideration. “I am seriously concerned that this suspension will put lives at risk, as it will increase the maximum allowable work limits for truck drivers from an average of 70 hours per week to over 82,” Foxx wrote Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), and Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations committees, respectively. “This regulatory provision (like all other aspects of the rule) was developed based on sound data and analysis.” The provision, originally proposed by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), would suspend for a year the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s requirement that drivers take off two consecutive periods of 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. during a 34-hour restart. Collins’ proposal also would require FMCSA to provide Congress with a new study of the rule. ------------------ Here is the Collins quote: Here is Collins quote: This amendment does not, does not make changes to the maximum number of hours per day that a driver can be behind the wheel … it does not change the mandatory 30-minute meal or rest break during a shift … it does not change the total on-duty window in each shift … it does not change the minimum off-duty hours required between shifts … it does not change the sleeper-berth requirement for splitting off-duty time,” she told committee members -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 21:09:07 +0000
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