• FMCSA gets two requests to extend hours-of-service comment period

    CVSA and ATA have asked the federal government to extend the public comment period on the hours-of-service rule changes proposed in August. 
    Sept. 4, 2019

    The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and American Trucking Associations have asked the federal government to extend the public comment period on the hours-of-service rule changes proposed in August

    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is accepting comments on the changes until Oct. 7. CVSA has asked for a 45-day extension, while ATA requested an additional 30 days in order to collect feedback from members.

    “Forty-five days is not adequate time to prepare and approve comments on such a complicated and important issue,” said Collin Mooney, executive director of CVSA. “In order to provide comments that will contribute to a comprehensive, well-informed, science- and data-based [rule making], it is imperative that stakeholders be given additional time to develop their comments.”

    FMCSA’s proposal includes letting truckers pause the 14-hour, on-duty clock for up to three hours and extending the split sleeper berth options. It also would provide more flexible limits around the 30-minute break requirement and allowing drivers to extend their 14-hour on-duty window due if the face adverse conditions

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