Category Archives: CSA 2010
FMCSA may be relying on 34-hour restart, 30-minute breaks to offset 11th-hour risk
12/30/2011 WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration appears to be counting on the new 34-restart restriction and the required 30-minute break to offset any risk involved in maintaining the 11-hour daily driving limit. In releasing the new rule, … Continue reading
HOS rule met with widespread negativity
Despite retaining the 11-hour daily driving limit, many trucking and business organizations openly frowned on the hours-of-service(HOS) regulatory overhaul unveiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) yesterday. And though safety and labor groups are withholding comment on the final rules … Continue reading
CSA has not led to mass firing of drivers
Before CSA went into effect, there were plenty of dire predictions about the number of drivers the new safety rating system would wash out of the workforce. According to a recent survey of motor carriers conducted by the American Transportation … Continue reading