WASHINGTON — Claims that giving truck drivers more time for meals and rest will worsen parking shortages in California and Washington are baseless, according to two groups seeking federal preemption waivers.
The Teamsters and the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) have petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for the waivers in response to FMCSA’s notice published in August announcing it would consider rolling back its 2018 and 2020 decisions finding that meal and rest break rules in...