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FMCSA agrees to reconsider 11-hour rule as Teamsters put lawsuit on hold
Federal truck driver hours of service rules will be revised and a new rule proposed within nine months under an agreement between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Teamsters union and other parties to a lawsuit to overturn the current rules.
In return for FMCSA's commitment to reconsider the current rules and issue a new final rule, the Teamsters and Public Citizen put a lawsuit challenging the rule on hold. The U.S. District Court of Appeals was scheduled to hear arguments in the case next January.
The agreement raises the possibility that the rules will be changed to reduce the number of hours a driver may operate a truck per day. The FMCSA raised the limit from 10 hours to 11 hours per day in 2003, while shortening the total hours drivers may work per day from 15 to 14 hours.
The Teamsters and Public Citizen oppose the 11-hour rule and a restart period that allows drivers to get back on the road 34 hours after completing a full week's driving time. The trucking industry and shipper organizations supported those changes.
Contact William B. Cassidy at wcassidy@joc.com.
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The only ones who gain from the changes are the teamsters who are payed by the hour. Those of us who work by the mile only get hurt every time a change is made. If we all got payed by the hour a loaf of bread would be $6.00.