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:toxic:01/25/2008 15:15 54B9493295 WILSON TRUCKING CORP PAGE 01/01 Jan.ary25.2008 M M 25 P 3: 20 Docket #FMCSA-2004-19608 Docket Management Facility U.S. Department of Transportation Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20590-0001 Re: Hours of Service of Drivers: Interim Final Rule Dear Sir/Madam: Wilson Trucking Corporation supports the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) December 17, 2007 Interim Final Rule on Hours of Service of Drivers (HOS). We urge FMCSA to retain the 11 hour driving limit and 34 hour restart provisions as published in the Federal Register notice. These HOS regulations have supplied the trucking industry valuable tools to promote driver safety, alertness and performance. We are a general commodities carrier, operating throughout the southeast. This being our eighty-first year of continuous service is not only a milestone, but has allowed us to see numerous changes in the industry good and bad. Our main focus is safety, not only for our two thousand employees, but for the entire motoring public, had we began to see negative effects in the present hours of service, we would have been among the first to revert back to the original hours of service. The 11 hour driving limit has been very beneficial. This provision provides important flexibility for drivers to manage their schedules, particularly in times of unexpected delays such as traffic congestion, and has had helped in loading/unloading and other shipper scheduling matters. The pro-safety aspects of the 34 recovery and restart provision are real and it has enhanced the "quality of life" for our drivers. It is an essential part of the rules that adequately allows drivers to obtain an extended period for rest and recovery. Our drivers have voiced their deep concern with the potential in the hours of service reverting back and them loosing the 34 hour restart, which would give them less time at home with their family, thus causing more strain on the family unit, and stress. In our view the new HOS rules have resulted in improvement in driver health, truck safety and overall highway safety. FMCSA must preserve the rules and the 11 hour driving and 34 hour restart provisions to continue the gains these regulations have provided to (Insert compart/ name) and the trucking industry. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposal. A. Chase Wilson Trucking Corporation

 

[bigbird42368]

i agree,the hos works good for me