Report finds higher hours-of-service violation rates since 2020 revisions

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WASHINGTON — Adding flexibility to truck driver hours-of-service regulations in 2020 may have...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/report-finds-higher-hours-of-service-violation-rates-since-2020-revisions

Regulators propose more sleeper berth flexibility

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is looking for drivers to participate in a proposed pilot program to evaluate splitting the 10-hour sleeper berth rest time into 6/4 and 5/5 periods.

According to the proposal announced on Thursday, which will be open to comments for 60 days after publishing in the Federal Register, FMCSA wants to recruit 200 to 400 commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders who regularly use the sleeper berth provision. The agency wants to include drivers...

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Take advantage of HOS exception flexibility

The rules of the road altered slightly this Tuesday as long-awaited changes to driver hours-of-service (HOS) regulations finally took effect. In an effort to provide added flexibility to carriers and drivers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rolled out changes to four provisions of the HOS regulations that day aimed at expanding driver exceptions and modifying break requirements.

Changes are now in effect for the following provisions:

  • Short-haul exception
  • Sleeper berth...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/take-advantage-of-hos-exception-flexibility

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