Sunday, April 04, 2010
Regulation Aimed At Overworked Truck Drivers
KENTUCKY....
Exactly one week after a tractor-trailer crossed the Interstate-65 median near Munfordville, killing 10 people and the truck driver, a new federal regulation was issued Friday requiring trucking companies that repeatedly violate driver time limits to install electronic recorders to track how long drivers are at the wheel. The recorders will only be required for trucking companies found deficient during on-site compliance reviews, while only about 1 to 2 percent of the 750,000 trucking companies in the U.S. are reviewed on site each year. The Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Friday that it will conduct an on-site review of Fayette, Ala.-based Hester Inc., the carrier involved in the crash, after it was given a "deficient" rating in February based on failed driver's inspections and moving violations, but was not subject to an on-site review. The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended every carrier be required to use them.
Exactly one week after a tractor-trailer crossed the Interstate-65 median near Munfordville, killing 10 people and the truck driver, a new federal regulation was issued Friday requiring trucking companies that repeatedly violate driver time limits to install electronic recorders to track how long drivers are at the wheel. The recorders will only be required for trucking companies found deficient during on-site compliance reviews, while only about 1 to 2 percent of the 750,000 trucking companies in the U.S. are reviewed on site each year. The Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Friday that it will conduct an on-site review of Fayette, Ala.-based Hester Inc., the carrier involved in the crash, after it was given a "deficient" rating in February based on failed driver's inspections and moving violations, but was not subject to an on-site review. The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended every carrier be required to use them.
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