HOURS OF SERVICE / FATIGUE 
 

Hours of Service Petition

Group Letter to Raymond LaHood

Statement of Daphne Izer, December 19, 2007

 C-SPAN coverage of the Hours of Service Hearing

  
Appeals court again rejects Hours of Service rules to increase work hours

As Trucking Rules Are Eased, a Debate on Safety Intensifies
As Dorris Edwards slowed for traffic near Kingdom City, Mo., on her way home from a Thanksgiving trip in 2004, an 18-wheeler slammed into her Jeep Cherokee. READ MORE (PDF FILE)

  Trucks, Tired Drivers can be Deadly Mix
A truck driver carrying a gym bag heads for the showers at the Pilot Travel Center in Ocala Thursday evening. Richard Darley has been driving rigs since 1970 and he knows something about driver fatigue. READ MORE

 Turning Back the Clock on Truck Safety
Major Unsafe Features of the 2005 Hours of Service (HOS) Rule READ MORE
 

Government Gives Truckers a Free Pass on Rule Until End of Year; Safety Groups Issue Travelers Alert. READ MORE (DOC FILE)

 CRASH and P.A.T.T. join Public Citizen, and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety in filing a Petition for Reconsideration on New Hours of Service Rule READ MORE (PDF FILE)

Ex-owners, Ex-driver Fined in Logbook Falsification Case
The former owners and a former driver for a Wilber, Neb., trucking company have been fined a total of $50,000 in a logbook falsification case. READ MORE
 

Risk Higher for Truckers in the 11th Hour
11/18/2005 - The crash risk for truck drivers in the last hour of a now legal 11-hour day behind the wheel is more than three times higher than during the first hour, a Penn State research team has found. READ MORE
 

 Truck Safety Coalition Issues Travelers Alert
On October 1, a new and dangerous trucking hours-of-service rule went into effect, placing in harm’s way all drivers and passengers on the highways. READ MORE

 Recent court cases raise questions about trucking safety
FORT WORTH — In what one attorney says is an indication of a “disturbing pattern of dangerous activity” by the nation’s trucking industry, a Fort Worth waste-disposal company became the second local trucking firm this month to be hit with a multimillion-dollar payout after one of its vehicles was involved in a fatal crash. READ MORE

  New Hours-of-Service Rule: The Same Old Attempt to Undermine Highway Safety
The new Hours-of-Service (HOS) rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) August 19, 2005 is a thinly veiled attempt to undermine federal safety laws and the U.S. court system. READ MORE

CRASH and P.A.T.T. Win Court Ruling -- New Hours-of-Service BLOCKED -- but Remain in Place until New FMCSA Ruling
Court Ruling to Block Truckers’ “Hours of Service” Rule is Sweeping Victory for Highway Safety READ MORE

 Dangerous Hours of Service Truck Provision not included in final Highway Bill H.R.3.
The truck safety community is pleased with the bipartisan rejection of a provision that would have negatively impacted Hours of Service. If accepted, this amendment would have increased the hours that a trucker can drive in a week by 20 percent, thereby increasing the likelihood of fatigued drivers. READ MORE

 Safety Groups and Truck Drivers Oppose  Two U.S. DOT “Technical Amendments” to Reauthorization Bill  READ MORE

  Americans Surveyed Support Shorter Drive Times for Truckers - January 11, 2001
Most Americans Surveyed Support Shorter Drive Times For Truckers And Are Willing To Pay For It. READ MORE

   Dead Tired: Desperate Drivers Defy Limits As Safety Net Falters - December 16, 2001
It's 11 p.m., and I'm fading fast. Every trucker knows the feeling. You've tried bouncing your left leg, blasting the air conditioner, singing out loud. You're so tired you feel as shaky as when you have the flu. You overreact like a drunken driver; jerking the rig to the right, then back, trying to keep it between the lines. But you've got to make a living, and the customer needs the load tomorrow. READ MORE

  Hours Of Service Regulations: Frequently Asked Questions And Answers
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   Daphne Izer helps derail bill that would have allowed a 16-hour work day for truckers.
LISBON, MAINE - A Lisbon woman whose son was killed 12 years ago by a tractor-trailer driver who fell asleep helped block an amendment that would have extended the workday for commercial truck drivers — for now. READ MORE

  Mother Urges Members of Congress to Vote “No” on all Anti-Truck Safety Amendments to H.R.3
Teenage son killed with 3 friends in truck crash involving WAL-MART driver who fell asleep at the wheel. READ MORE

  Wal-Mart Pushes for Longer Trucker Days
WASHINGTON - Wal-Mart and other retailers are lobbying Congress to extend the workday for truckers to 16 hours, something labor unions and safety advocates say would make roadways more dangerous for all drivers. READ MORE
 

 The Dangers of Fatigued, Sleep-Deprived Truck Drivers
Fatigue Is A Killer: Operator fatigue and sleep deprivation are serious, worldwide safety problems in all transportation modes. READ MORE