In extreme cases, trucking company officials have even received jail sentences. What do the federal hours of service rules require? The hours of service rules require truck drivers to categorize their time according to four categories: (1) off duty, (2) sleeper berth, (3) driving, and (4)...
In Addition, FMCSA’s proposed rule on hours of service regulations is estimated to provide $274 million in savings for the U.S. economy and American consumers. The trucking industry is a key component to the national economy—employing m...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration may be headed back to the drawing board once again in its effort to adopt hours-of-service regulations that will survive judicial scrutiny. Citing mostly procedural shortcomings, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on July...
Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in a case related to the U.S. Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) new hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. The suit was filed by American Trucking Associations Inc. against the FMCSA in February 2012....
Hours of Service of Drivers: Oregon Trucking Associations; Application for ExemptionLarry W. Minor