ATRI ANNOUNCES NEW SURVEY ON HOURS OF SERVICE
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has been commissioned to collect and analyze motor carrier safety and operational data to help inform the upcoming Hours-of-Service (HOS) rulemaking process. All fleets are encouraged to complete the short survey, which can be found on the
ATRI website, by March 24, 2010.
The data collected by ATRI from this effort will be cleansed of identifying information and aggregated to ensure that the results are not attributable to any one company. The results will be used by ATA to continue to educate FMCSA leadership and staff on driver and carrier operational practices and safety experience under the current rule.
FMCSA agreed to "review and reconsider" the HOS rules to settle a lawsuit brought on by Public Citizen and other groups. As part of this process, FMCSA will review the entire rule, with a special focus on the 11-hour driving limit and the 34-hour restart provision. FMCSA must prepare a proposed rule and submit it to the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by mid-July 2010.