Tag: Restart
A fellow truck driver wants to know who is at fault in this video capturing a flatbedder’s right turn onto a side street. In the surveillance video footage, a flatbed semi truck is on a main roadway...
Love’s main fuel hauler was awarded the National Tank Truck Carriers North American Safety Grand Champion for the second year in a row. Gemini Motor Transport won the award for the private fleet category for the second...
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FMCSA Restart Study To Begin Soon, Drivers Needed
The FMCSA is currently recurring truck drivers and carriers to participate in the Driver Restart Study. Get the info here.
President Signs Funding Bill, Halting Enforcement of Restart Provisions
Late yesterday evening, President Obama signed the funding bill that strips funding for the enforcement of 34-hour restart provisions.
BREAKING NEWS: Senate Committee Votes to Suspend Restart Rule
Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 21-9 to suspend the restart rule that took effect on June 30, 2013.
ATA Cries Foul Over FMCSA’s Restart Study
“The study acknowledges that the two or more night restart periods result in more trucks on the road during the day, but it does not address the corresponding safety or congestion impacts,†Osiecki said.
Drivers Using New Restart ‘More Alert, Less Fatigued,’ Study Says
The FMCSA stated that the, third-party study provided "further scientific evidence that the restart provision in the current hours-of-service rule for truck drivers is more effective at combatting fatigue than the prior version."
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