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10-26-2011, 01:06 AM
LaHood asks Sen. Ayotte to leave HOS changes alone
Oct 25, 2011 10:36 AM, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor
http://fleetowner.com/management/news/lahood-ayotte-hos-1025/
Way to go Obama. While Obama gives speeches about reducing regulations he works behind the scenes to increase regulations. Letting some Mexican truck drivers deliver some goods from Mexico to the US is one thing. However, these changes negatively impact pretty much everyone involved in the US trucking industry. And unlike the Mexican trucker rule, which could potentially reduce costs for consumers, these new regulations will almost certainly lead to increased costs for consumer.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has asked Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) to withdraw her amendment to the 2012 Transportation Appropriations Bill that would block the Obama Administration from implementing its proposed changes for hours-of-service rules for commercial truck drivers.
How much could these new Obama regulations cost?
The Senator said that the proposed changes fail the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) own cost-benefit analysis and could result in productivity losses in the range of $2 billion annually.
What exactly are the details?
The current rules, in effect since 2003, have successfully reduced crash-related injuries and fatalities, despite truck mileage increasing by 10 billion miles, the Senator pointed out.
FMCSA's proposed changes would reduce a driver's maximum daily driving time from 11 hours to 10 hours and reduce the on-duty "work day" from 14 hours to 13 hours.
The proposed rule change also would impose new restrictions on the minimum 34-hour “restart,” which allows drivers to work more weekly hours if they take 34 consecutive hours off, “making use of the minimum period impossible,” the Senator said. “The changes also fail to account for delays in picking up cargo, known as detention time," according to Ayotte.
Ayotte's amendment is supported by the New Hampshire Motor Transport Assn., the American Trucking Assn. and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn.
"The proposed new rules by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will increase costs and cause delays in deliveries and service. It is critically important that we continue to operate under the current Federal guidelines and we applaud Senator Ayotte in her efforts in this area,” Robert Sculley, president of the New Hampshire Motor Transport Assn. said.
Oct 25, 2011 10:36 AM, By Deborah Whistler, contributing editor
http://fleetowner.com/management/news/lahood-ayotte-hos-1025/
Way to go Obama. While Obama gives speeches about reducing regulations he works behind the scenes to increase regulations. Letting some Mexican truck drivers deliver some goods from Mexico to the US is one thing. However, these changes negatively impact pretty much everyone involved in the US trucking industry. And unlike the Mexican trucker rule, which could potentially reduce costs for consumers, these new regulations will almost certainly lead to increased costs for consumer.
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has asked Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) to withdraw her amendment to the 2012 Transportation Appropriations Bill that would block the Obama Administration from implementing its proposed changes for hours-of-service rules for commercial truck drivers.
How much could these new Obama regulations cost?
The Senator said that the proposed changes fail the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) own cost-benefit analysis and could result in productivity losses in the range of $2 billion annually.
What exactly are the details?
The current rules, in effect since 2003, have successfully reduced crash-related injuries and fatalities, despite truck mileage increasing by 10 billion miles, the Senator pointed out.
FMCSA's proposed changes would reduce a driver's maximum daily driving time from 11 hours to 10 hours and reduce the on-duty "work day" from 14 hours to 13 hours.
The proposed rule change also would impose new restrictions on the minimum 34-hour “restart,” which allows drivers to work more weekly hours if they take 34 consecutive hours off, “making use of the minimum period impossible,” the Senator said. “The changes also fail to account for delays in picking up cargo, known as detention time," according to Ayotte.
Ayotte's amendment is supported by the New Hampshire Motor Transport Assn., the American Trucking Assn. and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Assn.
"The proposed new rules by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will increase costs and cause delays in deliveries and service. It is critically important that we continue to operate under the current Federal guidelines and we applaud Senator Ayotte in her efforts in this area,” Robert Sculley, president of the New Hampshire Motor Transport Assn. said.