Agency Weighs Limits on Truck Drivers’ Hours
For the first time in 60 years, the Federal Highway Administration plans to propose new limits on the number of hours truckers can drive each day, the Associated Press has learned.
The agency, in a rule this fall, is expected to force drivers to be off duty for at least 14 hours in a 24-hour period, according to trucking industry sources who spoke Friday on condition of anonymity.
Currently, truckers are limited to 10 hours behind the wheel in one stretch. They then must stop driving for eight hours. After that, they can resume driving for up to 10 more hours.
Gail Shibley, spokeswoman for the highway administration, refused to discuss the issue Friday, pending release of the rule.
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