split-sleeper berth

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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Will truck drivers use the new HOS split-sleeper provision?

Trucks parked at rest stop

As Tuesday of this week came and went, truck drivers gained several new benefits from changes to hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. One significant change is the split-sleeper berth exception.

Tuesday’s change is not technically new to the HOS regulations but rather an addition to the existing rule. Previously, drivers could utilize a split-sleeper berth exception in an 8/2 split. The new option adds a 7/3 split.

It’s unclear how many drivers utilized the provision before, and it’s even more...

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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...

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FMCSA expects no delay in hours-of-service effective date

Top officials at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are confident that the hours-of-service (HOS) final rule will go into force on Sept. 29 as planned.

Speaking at webinar hosted on Wednesday by the National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC), Joe DeLorenzo, director of the FMCSA’s Office of Compliance and Enforcement, said his agency is “not anticipating any delay in implementation,” when asked if the rule could be held up.

Asked if the rules are still subject to an approval process...

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