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SUMMARY: FMCSA revises the hours of service (HOS) regulations to limit the use of the 34-hour restart provision to once every 168 hours and to require that anyone using the 34-hour restart provision have as part of the restart two periods that include 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. It also includes a provision that allows truckers to drive if they have had a break of at least 30 minutes, at a time of their choosing, sometime within the previous 8 hours. This rule does not include a change to the daily driving limit because the Agency is unable to definitively demonstrate that a 10-hour limit—which it favored in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)—would have higher net benefits than an 11-hour limit. The current 11-hour limit is therefore unchanged at this time. The 60- and 70-hour limits are also unchanged.

The purpose of the rule is to limit the ability of drivers to work the maximum number of hours currently allowed, or close to the maximum, on a continuing basis to reduce the possibility of driver fatigue. Long daily and weekly hours are associated with an increased risk of crashes and with the chronic health conditions associated with lack of sleep. These changes will affect only the small minority of drivers who regularly work the longer hours. Read Frequently Asked Questions about this complex and confusing set of rules. Read the full transcript of the final rules at the FMCSA Website

Truck Driver Safe Driving Rules

Professional Truck Drivers share safe driving tips. One safe driving rule in particular can save your life many times over. A simple rule really, but if you are not using it you may end up like the drivers in these videos. Watch Videos, See what happens when this safe driving rule is violated.

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Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s 72-hour safety blitz, "Road Check", is scheduled for June 7-9, 2011. Roadcheck is the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world, with an average of 14 trucks or buses being inspected every minute from Canada to Mexico during a 72-hour period. Each year, approximately 10,000 CVSA-certified local, state, provincial and federal inspectors at 1,500 locations across North America perform the truck and bus inspections.

CVSA sponsors Roadcheck with participation by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Transport Canada, and the Secretariat 
of Communications and Transportation (Mexico).

http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2011/May11/052311/052711-06.shtml

Speed Limiters are not about Safety or the Environment as the Ontario Trucking Association, Road Safe America and the American Trucking Association claim.

These Government Lobbyist Organizations represent the largest trucking concerns in Canada and the United States.

Their primary goal: To increase profits and decrease competition in the trucking industry. This is the only logical reason speed limiters are being promoted for future legislation in the USA.

Here's a video of OOIDA Life Member, Ed Wesselius of Guelph, Ontario explaining why speed governors are actually more dangerous and create added driver stress, fatigue, and frequent incidents of road rage against the driver's. The volume is low, crank up your speaker's. Speed Limiters and Lack of Safety

See More Videos about the Dangers of Speed Limiters Click here

11/10/2010 - Fastertruck.com Editorial

Late last month Pennsylvania State Police truck inspectors focused their attention on Commercial Trucks hauling as support for Marcellus Shale Natural Gas operations. State Police inspected a total of 1,175 trucks. 1,066 tickets were written, 207 trucks were placed out of service for mechanical safety violations and 52 truck drivers were also removed from service. The most common problems involved unsecured loads and inoperable vehicle lights, marker lamps, hours of service violations and failure to wear seat belts.

The projected $5 billion dollar deficit Pennsylvania faces in 2011 has prompted the state to create more revenue from traffic operations. Commercial vehicle inspections can be expected to increase across the state as they realize the enormous profit potential from truck and truck driver inspection stings.

Also of concern to truck drivers will be increased scrutiny on speeding trucks. You can expect law enforcement to target truckers at every opportunity, as California has done for the past 20 years.

Truck drivers should protect themselves and their wallets by making sure their big trucks are in good working order to pass truck inspections without violations. Log books should be kept current and accurate, seat belts worn, safe driving rules adhered to and, in general, keep a low profile. "Total Stealth" is the word of the day.

Drivers can be aware of upcoming sting operations and speed traps on the highway by investing in a good police scanner. A Police scanner is an essential tool for most veteran truck drivers and owner operators. Also, drivers should follow safe driving rules at all times, try to blend in and go un-noticed by police.  Drivers can also Learn the latest techniques for avoiding speeding tickets at this excellent blog.It show how to do it in an effective, real-world, manner. http://avoidspeedingticketsnow.blogspot.com/2010_06_13_archive.html 

FasterTruck.com - 11/4/2010 - Ghana National Road Safety Commission wants speed governors for buses due to an accident which killed 5 people last Sunday at 8pm. Funny thing is, they are not sure if the driver was drinking or not... Read their story from Ghana Broadcasting. http://gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.168547

Speed limiters are NOT the answer, unless they want more wrecks from frustrated drivers because all the buses are now running side by side and NOBODY can pass. This will cause maximum congestion and dangerous passing manuevers from motorists. It will look like ice road truckers in India. The Answer to their bus wreck problem is hiring competent people to drive their bus's! Speed limiters will not help at all.

After research, we noticed this is not the only deadly accident involving Metro Mass Transit buses. An accident occurred on August 16, 2010, 4AM at Koni-Kablu near Dawa when a MMT bus travelling from Mepe in the Volta Region to Accra crashed into a stationary truck parked on the shoulder of the road.

Fifteen people in the MMT bus were killed on the spot, while four others died later on admission at the Battor Catholic Hospital. Read more about this accident. http://tettehamoako.blogspot.com/2010/08/bloody-monday23-perish-in-gory-accident.html

A federal rule that bans texting while driving a commercial vehicle went into effect Wed, Oct. 27 2010.

The fines are hefty, up to $2,750 for the driver and up to $11,000 for the carrier. Texting while driving is a driver responsible offense and is worth 10-points under CSA 2010, a Very Severe Offense.

OOIDA, the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association had a strong hand in crafting the legislation and a few exceptions were made.

Read the whole story at LandLine Magazine: http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2010/Oct10/112510/102610-03.htm

AUG 19, 2010 - Lorries side by side on a dual carriageway......AAAArrrrgggghhhhhh

U.K. - Speed Limiters should be banned - most congestion on M-ways and A roads is because of this, it really gets my goat. You're driving along, approaching two trucks in the distance and then the one at the back pulls out, manages to get alongside the other and battle commences...

OPP Safety Blitz Targets Commercial Vehicles
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“Trucks are supposed to have speed limiters on them, so that's another thing we'll be looking for,” he added. The Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of ...
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ONTARIO CANADA - AUG 18 2010 — Truck drivers will be the target of a safety blitz today as the Ontario Provincal Police (OPP) attempt to crack down on aggressive motorists. Read More about here: http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/762528

The will be checking speed governor settings on semi-trucks and big-rigs. Speed Limiters must be set at 65mph, 105kph, or lower. $250.00 fines will be issued.

The device to the right is know as an EZ-Tap, a hand held ECM/ECU Data extractor that is plugged into the truck computer. Data is downloaded into the device and plugged into a laptop computer where speed governor settings are analyzed.

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