Drivers need greater flexibility within work, rest rules, study indicates

[IR CookieMonster]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Commercial truck drivers need greater flexibility within federal driver work and rest rules to allow drivers to select sleep times and duration based on individual need, according to a study released earlier this month by the American Trucking Associations and sleep research firm Circadian International Inc.




Through a first-of-its-kind research project, ATA and Circadian evaluated whether features of the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are meeting their intended purpose of improving sleep, driver alertness and safety. One such provision is the sleeper-berth rule, which requires drivers to split sleeper-berth rest segments into two periods, one of which must be eight hours.

Drivers need greater flexibility within work, rest rules, study indicates

[heyns57]

Joan Claybroke is bound and determined to ruin the productivity and efficiency of the trucking industry. However, some drivers can not be trusted to get proper rest. I no longer run long haul, but in my opinion the HOS should be simple and enforceable, possibly with on-board recorders. I vote for only two lines on the graph, on-duty and off-duty. A driver should be allowed 15 hours on duty with a split break of nine hours, the minimum split should be two hours. Keep the 34-hour restart.