Appeals Court Lets Hours of Service Rules in Place
Posted on January 25, 2008
Filed Under HOURS OF SERVICE, IN THE NEWS
Late yesterday, January 24, 2008, the US Court of Appeals denied Public Citizen’s petition to invalidate the FMCSA’s hours of service rules, which were issued (re-issued?) on December 27, 2007. Yea!
To recap: FMCSA changed rules to the 11, 14, 70 hours in 2004, I think. The public safety crazies sued them, saying they weren’t strict enough. In the summer of last year, the US Court of Appeals agreed with the public safety people saying FMCSA had not properly followed the steps to make the rules, and signaled its intent to strike down the rules. On December 27, 2007, FMCSA responded to the Court, re-issuing the exact same rules… with maybe a little more explanation and justification as to where they came up with those rules. And now the Court has said that process can continue. Confusing? Hell, yeah. Here’s the bottomline: the current hours of service rules will stay in place for the forseeable future. Which is a good thing. In today’s freight climate, the last thing anyone needs is to learn a whole new set of hours rules.
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