The driver shortage continues to make headlines.
http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20120213-solutions-to-driver-shortage-elusive/
We have a local angle on the situation, in case you missed it:
http://www.jsysoftware.com/blog/?p=191
Local driving takes some real skills, as our earlier blogpost says. The HOS and pay-per-mile issues that plague OTR carriers, as well as the quality-of-family-life issues so often mentioned, are less applicable on the local scene.
Keep your local drivers safe and busy and you will not have a driver shortage!
–The Editors
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The American Trucking Association was back on offense yesterday, calling on the FMCSA to scrap its proposed changes in HOS (hours-of-service) rules. The ATA claims that new federal safety data do not support the FMCSA’s proposed changes to HOS because the current rules have dramatically lowered accident rates and are therefore sufficient.
Here is a link to the article in CCJ:
http://www.ccjdigital.com/new-safety-data-prompts-ata-to-again-call-on-fmcsa-to-retain-hos-rules/
Remember, the good news for local trucking, cartage, and P&D is that, whether implemented or not, the changes currently being debated in HOS regulations will not affect local trucking companies. Most local truckers operate under the 100 Air-Mile Exemption (115 statute miles as the crow flies) where a driver is allowed to record duty time using a time clock instead of RODS (logbook or EOBR). The rules of 60 hours per week, 12 hours per day, with one 16 hour day permitted per week, etc. remain unchanged.
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How Will New Hours of Service Regulations or HOS Affect Me?
The good news is that the changes currently being debated in HOS regulations will not affect local trucking companies. Most local truckers operate under the 100 Air-Mile Exemption (115 statute miles as the crow flies) where a driver is allowed to record duty time using a time clock instead of RODS (logbook or EOBR). The rules of 60 hours per week, 12 hours per day, with one 16 hour day permitted per week, etc. remain unchanged.
Click this link to read the actual federal regulations.
Click here for FAQs from the FMCSA.
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