OOIDA leads charge to reform hours of service

[Maria]

Countering a trend of increasing rigidness in regulations that subsequently are not improving the crash rates on the highways, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a petition on Tuesday calling for a reform of the hours-of-service regulations.

OOIDA submitted the formal petition on Tuesday, Feb. 13, with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Cathy Gautreaux.

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[GAnthony]

Countering a trend of increasing rigidness in regulations that subsequently are not improving the crash rates on the highways, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a petition on Tuesday calling for a reform of the hours-of-service regulations.

OOIDA submitted the formal petition on Tuesday, Feb. 13, with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Cathy Gautreaux.

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sadly (or maybe good for me), i will be long retired before anything gets done.

but some like the HOS, so i don't have any answers myself.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Maybe they ought to consider the fact that it simply ain't always the trucker's fault and no matter what HoS regs are in place, crashes will happen.