Hours of Service (Trucking)
Increase in truck crash fatalities not indicative of safety trend: ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The US Department of Transportation's recently released overview of motor vehicle crashes in 2010 found an 8.7% increase in fatal crashes involving large trucks last year compared with 2009. However, American Trucking...
Spotlight on HoS changes preventing progress in other safety areas: ATA
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations says the focus on "unnecessary" changes to current Hours-of-Service by advocacy groups and the current leadership at the Department of Transportation has prevented progress on a number of...
OOIDA says proposed Hours-of-Service regulations unjustified, burdensome
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has told Congress that proposed changes to Hours-of-Service regulations are not only unnecessary but also unjustified and burdensome to small-business truckers.
ATA question Transportation Secretary’s views on Hours-of-Service
ARLINGTON, Va. -- American Trucking Associations president and CEO Bill Graves and association chairman Dan England are questioning Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's contention in a letter to Congress that the administration is drafting a...
Former FMCSA staffer casts doubt on group’s HoS research
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The former head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's research division has said the studies provided by the FMCSA to support its hours-of-service proposal contain many problems and can't be relied on to support...