More Rest Urged for Truck Drivers; Safety Board Calls for Changing Rules...

The Washington Post;  January 19, 1995 ;     541 words ......1937 of rules concerning the number of hours drivers can work. In a special study of big-rig...hours before the accident, the fatigued drivers averaged 6.9 hours sleep, the others 9.3 hours. Drivers are subject to six-decade-old federal rules...

NEW RULES WORRY TEEN DRIVERS | 25 HOURS REQUIRED: EXTRA TIME AT WHEEL MAY...

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  January 2, 1998 ;     616 words ......drive next year. She said more hours behind the wheel are fine with...concentrate," Sanders said. Drivers under 18 must limit the number...back seat. Under the old law, drivers younger than 18 could not be...education course offering 30 hours of classroom instruction and...licensing system are: * ...

Trucking Firms, Shippers Scramble to Deal with Law Limiting Drivers'...

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  December 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ......federal law that will limit the hours truck drivers can work is designed to make...they rest for 10 consecutive hours. If drivers have exceeded the 60-hour work week, they will have to sit for 34 hours. Drivers' concerns vary. If everyone abides...

Oly: Bus drivers win more pay, better hours, after 100 quit

AAP General News (Australia);  September 14, 2000 ;     471 words ......09-14-2000 Oly: Bus drivers win more pay, better hours, after 100 quit...from the job. Three drivers allegedly sent home...out disputes over hours, food and accommodation...next day." Some drivers had been forced to wait for hours for an Olympic shuttle...

TRASH DRIVERS CALL FOR RELIEF; LONG HOURS INCREASE DANGER, THEY...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ......including the hiring of more drivers, to reduce their overtime hours and head off the potential...steps to reduce the hours racked up by drivers. Sanitation officials...last year. Still, many drivers are still working long hours, making $15,000 or more...

Rule Changes on Working Hours for Truck Drivers Effective Sunday.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 3, 2004 ;     354 words ......Starting Sunday, truck drivers will have to change...working and resting hours to comply with new...first major rewrite of hours of service for drivers in more than 60 years...previous 10-hour rule, drivers were working 10 hours and then taking an...

Bus drivers' hours at issue in Chippewa

Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  August 29, 2007 ;     456 words ......table a move to increase the hours bus drivers are paid to work each school...A motion to increase the drivers' pay to 2 3/4 hours per day was swept aside...drivers' union. This year, drivers record their hours on a time slip, she said...

REVISED HOURS-OF-SERVICE RULE TO HELP ENSURE TRUCK DRIVERS GET ADEQUATE...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ......annually." The new rules allow drivers to drive 11 hours after 10 consecutive hours off-duty. Also, drivers may not drive beyond the 14th...takes at least 34 consecutive hours off-duty. Short-haul truck drivers - those drivers who routinely...

S. Fla. drivers spend 50 hours a year stuck in traffic: Delays cost you...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL);  September 18, 2007 ;     688 words ......18--South Florida drivers spend on average 50 hours a year stuck in traffic...the total number of hours of delay experienced by all drivers -- 150 million. The...every category. Orlando drivers wasted on average 54 hours stuck in traffic. Orlando...

Rule changes for working hours: of truck drivers effective Sunday

Charleston Gazette;  January 3, 2004 ;     527 words ......first major rewrite of hours of service for drivers in more than 60 years...previous 10-hour rule, drivers were working 10 hours and then taking an eight-ho...it is notifying truck drivers that, as of Sunday, their hours of service will change...

CITY MAY CHANGE TAXI-DRIVER RULES< DRIVERS WOULD HAVE TO RENEW THEIR...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  July 15, 2004 ;     342 words ......the checks. The number of hours drivers work could also be regulated...first time, said Kinney. Drivers would be limited to working 12 hours of active driving and 16...by limiting the number of hours drivers can work, but also allow...

Ex-Supervisor Says Little River, S.C.-Area Bus Drivers Worked Too Many...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......limiting the number of hours bus drivers can work, a former supervisor...has denied it required drivers to work long hours, saying the employees chose...it told Randall or other drivers to work an illegal number of hours. The authority also said...

Stuck in Seattle Traffic? You'll Have a Lot of Company -- Report shows...

Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 8, 2001 ;     700+ words ...WASHINGTON - Drivers in Los Angeles spend an average of 56 hours a year - more than...delays per person. Drivers in the Seattle...an average of 53 hours per person yearly, up from 19 hours in 1982. And Seattle-Everett area drivers paid more for all...

Drivers 'tricked to work extra hours' INDUSTRY: Union claims truck firm...

Birmingham Mail;  November 27, 2006 ;     320 words ......ofirsthitourtelevisionscreensasof tricking its drivers into spending extra hours on the road after "doctoring...Time Directive. Although drivers can work up to 60 hours a week, they must equal...During that time POAs, hours that drivers are not actually on the...

Drivers 'tricked to work extra hours' INDUSTRY: Union claims truck firm...

Birmingham Mail (England);  November 27, 2006 ;     328 words ......ofirsthitourtelevisionscreensasof tricking its drivers into spending extra hours on the road after doctoring...Time Directive. Although drivers can work up to 60 hours a week, they must equal...During that time POAs, hours that drivers are not actually on the...