The federal government has agreed to start a new round of rulemaking on hours of service regulations. Public Citizen today announced the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier ...

Compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules is how drivers keep their schedules legal, fleets avoid violations and everyone stays safe fighting the fatigue ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Exemption for drivers hauling heating oil applies to continental U.S. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) WASHINGTON — Extreme cold ...

Dec. 15 – New hours-of-service rules remain in the idle mode as the Federal Highway Administration continues to consider a negotiated rulemaking. New proposed rules were expected to be announced in ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering a major shakeup to the regulations on truck drivers and officials want your ...

The long-awaited proposed changes to federal hours-of-service (HOS) rules for trucking failed to impress most drivers who spoke with FreightWaves, while a group representing independent operators ...

While the motor carrier hours-of-service (HOS) final rule has ostensibly been on the back burner since the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a notice of ...

Federal Hours of Service regulations still measure driver safety using a simple clock. The 11-hour driving limit was developed for an industry built around manual transmissions, paper logbooks, and ...