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GOP congressman brings in trucking bill to mitigate stringent HOS rules
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A NEW congressional bill to mitigate Hours of Service rules that force rest periods on small truckers that make it hard for them to stay in business.
Beneficiaries are the big trucking companies that can now drive independents from the market and the Teamsters who can more easily induce employee drivers to join their union.
But Texas Republican Congressman Brian Babin's Responsible and Effective Standards for Truckers (REST) Act hopes to rectify that and restore independence to the independent drivers.
If passed, it would allow drivers to stop the clock for up to three hours during their active shift, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
This could mean the difference on "take it or leave it" freight, which if they took the job might put them over their legal limit of a 14-hour shift. Keeping an eye on them are spy-in-the-cab electronic monitoring devices.
Manufacturing in America is on a 19-month roll. According to the Institute for Supply Management, the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose over 10 per cent to a February high of 60.8 per cent.
This growth puts an increased strain on our ability to deliver goods. According to the American Trucking Associations, 70 per cent of all domestic freight moves by truck.
They indicated that we are about 900,000 drivers short of the number needed to effectively move our current volume of freight.
This is further aggravated under current regulations from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
The current regulations require that a driver log only 11-hours on the road after 10-consecutive hours of rest. This creates a situation where truckers must closely monitor which loads they may take and which to refuse.
A driver is allowed an off-duty break of up to two hours which could extend his on-duty time to a maximum of 14 hours. That gets complicated however when the trucker wants to complete his trip without a true overnight stop.
Beneficiaries are the big trucking companies that can now drive independents from the market and the Teamsters who can more easily induce employee drivers to join their union.
But Texas Republican Congressman Brian Babin's Responsible and Effective Standards for Truckers (REST) Act hopes to rectify that and restore independence to the independent drivers.
If passed, it would allow drivers to stop the clock for up to three hours during their active shift, reported the American Journal of Transportation.
This could mean the difference on "take it or leave it" freight, which if they took the job might put them over their legal limit of a 14-hour shift. Keeping an eye on them are spy-in-the-cab electronic monitoring devices.
Manufacturing in America is on a 19-month roll. According to the Institute for Supply Management, the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose over 10 per cent to a February high of 60.8 per cent.
This growth puts an increased strain on our ability to deliver goods. According to the American Trucking Associations, 70 per cent of all domestic freight moves by truck.
They indicated that we are about 900,000 drivers short of the number needed to effectively move our current volume of freight.
This is further aggravated under current regulations from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
The current regulations require that a driver log only 11-hours on the road after 10-consecutive hours of rest. This creates a situation where truckers must closely monitor which loads they may take and which to refuse.
A driver is allowed an off-duty break of up to two hours which could extend his on-duty time to a maximum of 14 hours. That gets complicated however when the trucker wants to complete his trip without a true overnight stop.