Know nighttime workers who are frustrated trying to sleep for eight hours during the day? A new study provides them with an option.
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Tags: circadian rhythm, FMCSA, hours of service, sleep
It doesn’t take a crash, injuries or deaths for federal authorities to shut down a motor carrier. Serious concerns about vehicle and driver safety are enough to take commercial vehicles off the road, as this case shows.
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Tags: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, hours of service, ordered to shut down, vehicle safety
Following closely on the heals of new rest rules for commercial pilots, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) set new hours-of-service (HOS) requirements for commercial truck drivers. Some groups aren’t happy about the new rules.
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Tags: FMCSA, hours of service, OOIDA, truck drivers, Truck Safety Coalition
A year ago, the federal government announced new hours-of-service rules for commercial vehicle drivers. Now there’s word that they’re about to change again.
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Tags: commercial motor vehicle, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, hours of service
Here we go again: Four groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court asking that hours-of-service rules for commercial motor vehicle drivers be thrown out.
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Tags: commercial motor vehicle drivers, FMCSA, hours of service
