HOS Regulations, Reality Clash, Truck Drivers Say

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) tells Congress that new hours-of-service (HOS)rules clash with reality of trucking.

Wake Up Call: Pilot project addressing driver fatigue from within

CALGARY -- As regulators have spent the last few years breaking down a trucker's driving ability by the hour, a handful of western minds got together in an effort to get to the core of driver fatigue.

Turning Back the Clock

Under new orders, the DOT will backtrack on HOS. Hope that the rules can get more flexible is 'wishful thinking.'

Drivers Don’t Feel Rested, Just Less Productive says Schneider

GREEN BAY, WI. - Since the new hour of service rules implementation on July 1, Schneider National says it has seen just over a 3 percent drop in productivity on solo shipments and a 4.3 percent decline on team shipments.

Changes to Hours-of-Service will Drive up Costs, says Retail Federation

The new proposed regulations require mandatory and specified truck driver work breaks, rest periods, and changes the already existing 34-hour restart period to include consecutive nights off.

An Early Take on the Impact of the Hours of Service Changes

It is too soon to measure the full impact of the changes in the hours of service rule, but the carriers that will be most affected are high-output truckload fleets that have drivers out on the road for weeks at a time says an economist with FTR Associates.

Livestock Haulers Granted 90-Day Break Waiver for Animal Health

WASHINGTON, D.C. - It's no secret that being in a hot vehicle in the middle of summer is more than unpleasant, but just imagine how hot it must be for animals packed together in the swine-tering heat.

Doctors suggest testing truckers for sleep apnea

WASHINGTON -- American medical experts have recommended to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that obese truck drivers be tested routinely for sleep apnea.

Trucking Conditions Favorable But Changing, says FTR

BLOOMINGTON, IN. - FTR reported today that their Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) for March showed improvement in what they said is an already favorable environment for truckers.

Maverick’s CEO Urges Feds to Postpone New Hours of Service

ARLINGTON, VA - Steve Williams, chairman and CEO of Maverick USA and chairman of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), went before the United States House of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's panel today to bring to light flaws in the upcoming hours-of-service (HOS) changes.

Manitoba trucking boss blasts anti-truck article

WINNIPEG -- You'd think that the media would have stopped using Canadians for Responsible and Safe Highways (CRASH) as a reputable source

FMCSA Shuts Down 78-Truck Fleet

KANSAS CITY, KS - - The FMCSA has closed HP Distribution and its affiliate because of repeated logbook and dispatch violations.

Expected Cost of New Hours of Service Regs: $95-376M

ARLINGTON, VA - Despite the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) saying the new hours-of-service (HOS) regulations will create great benefits for the industry, a new study says otherwise.

Alberta holds fast on HOS and speed limiters, other changes afoot

BANFF, Alta. -- Alberta Transport Minister Luke Ouellette doesn't mince words while addressing the issue of federal hours of service legislation and speed limiters.

Tempting fate: Why make laws to be broken?

I really don't think I can stomach more Hours of Service deliberations. Still, they're upon us like the plague. The Americans have until September to finalize a rule. Mercifully, t