House hearing on new HOS ‘contentious;’ trucking, Congressmen question common sense of rule
WASHINGTON — Thirty months after the notice of proposed rulemaking was issued, 18 months after the Final Rule was issued and two weeks before the compliance date for two new key and controversial provisions, the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure gathered together six Hours of Service stakeholders in one room and to no one’s surprise, heard the same story lines that the trucking industry has been hearing since the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released in December its ideas for the most sweeping changes in the rule since 2004.
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