ARLINGTON, Va., June 17, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In advance of the Senate's expected action on the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill, trucking safety leaders will discuss the risks to highway safety posed by the current restrictions on the restart provisions of the hours-of-service rules.
Among the topics to be discussed: the role of fatigue and other factors in highway safety, ATA's support of the current framework bulk of the current hours-of-service rules and ATA's desire for good research and data to be at the core of public policy.
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Background: At the behest of organized labor and other interest groups, an amendment is expected to be offered in the next few days to undo the common sense safety solution proposed by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and adopted by a bipartisan 21-9 vote to suspend the risk-raising restart restrictions while the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to study the safety impact of pushing commercial traffic into the morning hours, statistically the riskiest time of day for cars and trucks to share the road.
American Trucking Associations is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry. Through a federation of 50 affiliated state trucking associations and industry-related conferences and councils, ATA is the voice of the industry America depends on most to move our nation's freight. Follow ATA on Twitter or on Facebook. Trucking Moves America Forward
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