HOS becomes smaller factor on truck capacity

Opinion

Monday, January 09, 2012

By Eric Kulisch I noted in this space a couple weeks ago that the U.S. Department of Transportation's pre-Christmas update of the anti-fatigue rules governing drivers was not as burdensome to the trucking industry as most experts and officials feared. The new hours-of-service rules do further limit the maximum amount of driving time available to truckers each week, but the change mostly affects a minority of drivers who are on the road for long stretch...

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