Court Scraps 11-Hour Hauls for Truckers
A federal appeals court threw out new government regulations allowing commercial truck drivers to spend 11 hours on the road without taking a break.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found the first major rewrite of the hours of service rule in more than 60 years was “arbitrary and capricious” because the Transportation Department failed to consider drivers’ health.
“Its failure to do so, standing alone, requires us to vacate the entire rule,” the three-judge panel said in unanimously ordering the Transportation Department to rewrite the regulation.
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