Heures de conduite US.... "Trucking news: ATA asks DOT for a stay on recent HOS ruling"
Heures de conduite US.... From the pages of Logistics Management Trucking news: ATA asks DOT for a stay on recent HOS ruling Jeff Berman, Senior Editor -- 8/2/2007 WASHINGTON—A ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last week, which stated certain portions of the United States Government’s truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules and regulations are illegal, has the potential to make things more challenging for truck drivers and carriers and shippers alike, according to high-ranking officials of the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The recent ruling overturned the 11-hour daily driving limit and 34-hour restart period that have been in place since the current rules took effect on October 1, 2005. It also resets the HOS clock to 10 hours of maximum driving time each day. In a letter sent earlier this week to Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, ATA president and CEO Bill Graves asked to push for a stay on the ruling, saying there