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The group, which advertised the event as a “truckers shutdown,” was asking for changes in federal trucking regulations, including work hour flexibility, making the use of electronic logging devices optional and better training for truck inspectors, according to a flyer for the group.
Federal regulations put in place in late 2017 require truckers to use electronic logs to record their driving hours and limit how long they can be on the road. Some drivers, including those involved in the protest Friday, want the regulations rolled back to give truckers more flexibility.
But federal regulators have tightened driving hours and the ways in which long-distance truckers’ time is tracked because of high-profile incidents involving tired truckers. In one crash near Channahon in 2014, a driver who admitted to falsifying his log killed five people when his truck, going 65 mph on cruise control, entered an Interstate 55 construction zone where traffic was going 5 mph.
After being blocked from entering downtown Friday, the truckers continued north on the expressway in the direction of O’Hare International Airport, according to Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
There were no disruptions, arrests or injuries, Guglielmi said. About 20 trucks were involved in the protest, which is too many to safely move through downtown, and vehicles that large aren’t allowed downtown, he said.
Police keep 'slow-roll' truck driver protesters from heading for Trump Tower
Federal regulations put in place in late 2017 require truckers to use electronic logs to record their driving hours and limit how long they can be on the road. Some drivers, including those involved in the protest Friday, want the regulations rolled back to give truckers more flexibility.
But federal regulators have tightened driving hours and the ways in which long-distance truckers’ time is tracked because of high-profile incidents involving tired truckers. In one crash near Channahon in 2014, a driver who admitted to falsifying his log killed five people when his truck, going 65 mph on cruise control, entered an Interstate 55 construction zone where traffic was going 5 mph.
After being blocked from entering downtown Friday, the truckers continued north on the expressway in the direction of O’Hare International Airport, according to Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
There were no disruptions, arrests or injuries, Guglielmi said. About 20 trucks were involved in the protest, which is too many to safely move through downtown, and vehicles that large aren’t allowed downtown, he said.
Police keep 'slow-roll' truck driver protesters from heading for Trump Tower
