The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued new rules on hours of service for commercial vehicle drivers to come into effect on 27 February 2012.
On 22 December 2011, the FMCSA released a revised hours of service (HOS) rule for commercial vehicle drivers. The final rule was published in the Federal Register on 27 December 2011. The rule has been slightly modified from the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking of 29 December 2010, which the poultry and egg industry opposed in a comment letter on 28 February 2011.
FMCSA's new HOS final rule revises the 34-hour restart provision. Following a 60 hours in seven days or 70 hours in eight days maximum work week, a driver must have 34 consecutive hours off-duty. Effective 1 July 2013, the revision requires that the 34-hour restart period include two 1 a.m. – 5 a.m. periods based on FMCSA's assertion that nighttime rest is more restorative than daytime rest. The final rule is an improvement over the original proposal, which required two 12:00 a.m. – 6 a.m. periods but may require as little as 34 hours or as much as 48 hours off duty depending upon when driving week ends.
(Courtesy of the Poultry News)
for more, visit: http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/24432/new-rules-for-commercial-drivers-from-february
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