DOT funding bill would force 30-minute break to remain in HOS regs

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Published by iTrucker at 31 May

DOT funding bill would force 30-minute break to remain in HOS regs

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“In what could become a clash between lawmakers in the U.S. House and a Department of Transportation aiming to propose an overhaul to drivers’ hours of service regulations, a working version of the annual Transportation Department funding bill released by the House’s Appropriations Committee last week would bar the DOT from eliminating the 30-minute break requirement of current hours regs.” – According to the article in overdriveonline.com and its author 

Jaillet also wrote – “The 30-minute break, required within a driver’s first eight hours on-duty, is one of the most unpopular provisions among truckers within current hours regs, alongside the 14-hour rule.”

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Source and credits: overdriveonline.com / 

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