ICYMI: Study Results Confirm 34-hour Restart Rules Suspension Will Remain Indefinitely
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In 2013 the FMCSA issued new hours-of-service rules, which in part required that commercial driver's 34-hour restarts needed to include two 1 a.m to 5 a.m. periods, and that 34-hour restarts could not be taken more than once in any period of 7 consecutive days. Both the trucking industry and Congress raised concerns about the new regs, most specifically regarding increased traffic congestion in the morning rush hour periods when truck drivers would finally be released back in to the wild after their 34-hour restart.
In late 2014, Congress suspended those provisions pending a study on whether or not the rules actually improved safety.
In a letter from the Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General, the DOT informed Congress that a study conducted to identify whether the new rules resulted in any net safety benefit has concluded that the rules did not, in fact, improve operations, safety, fatigue, or health enough to justify keeping them.
"Chief arguments against the regulations were that it pushed drivers into early morning rush hour traffic — which caused safety and operational concerns — and that FMCSA issued the rule with little scientific evidence to back up the restrictions."
Letter to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and the Secretary Regarding OIG’s Audit of FMCSA’s Hours of Service Restart Study
34-hour restart study affirms less restrictive hours of service, buries 2013 regs
CSA:
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
The CSA is a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and ultimately reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities that are related to commercial motor vehicle
FMCSA:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
The FMCSA was established within the Department of Transportation on January 1, 2000. Their primary mission is to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries.
What Does The FMCSA Do?
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
Fm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.