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No basis for shorter HOS; Trucks safer than ever says ATA - (Headline News) from
January 21, 2010
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- Just a few months after special interest groups convinced the U.S. DOT to rewrite hours of service rules because truckers supposedly weren't safe enough, the industry posted the largest ever year-to-year drop in truck-involved fatalities.
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EOBR rule expected early in New Year - (Headline News) from
December 21, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- The final rule in the U.S. requiring carriers to use electronic onboard recorders (EOBRS) has been sent to the White House for approval.
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HOS revision a kick in the economic slats - (Headline News) from
November 09, 2009
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NASHVILLE, Ind. - - Although it’s too early to tell what’s going to happen now that the U.S. Department of Transport (DOT) has agreed to re-open the hours of service (HOS) discussion, one thing’s for sure: the end result is going hobble the so-called recovery.
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New iPhone black box app documents HOS - (Headline News) from
November 09, 2009
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WASHOUGAL, Wash. -- A new iPhone application helps keep truck drivers' document hours-of-service records, among other industry-related activities
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ATA: HOS 'aint broke, so why 'fix' it? - (Headline News) from
November 06, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- America's largest carrier association says it's is "extremely perplexed" that the Department of Transportation would agree to reopen its hours-of-service rules after years of improving truck safety statistics.
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ATA says current HOS rules should stay - (Headline News) from
October 28, 2009
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- Pointing to record-low rates for truck-related crashes and fatalities, the American Trucking Associations says the existing hours of service rules are working.
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BREAKING NEWS: US DOT to revise hours of service rules - (Headline News) from
October 27, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- An Obama-led Department of Transportation has agreed to turn back the clock on hours-of-service and reconsider the rules that have been in place since 2004.
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Big Orange a source of vitamin e-logs - (Headline News) from
October 21, 2009
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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One of North America's largest truckload fleets, Schneider National, is moving to electronic logs for its more than 13,000 drivers.
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CCMTA issues e-logbook enforcement protocol - (Headline News) from
August 26, 2009
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OTTAWA -- As part of ongoing deliberations on the enforcement of electronic logbooks, Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrator member jurisdictions clarified an important protocol during meetings earlier this summer.
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ESA VS HOS: The battle continues - (Headline News) from
August 17, 2009
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TORONTO -- Not only are there significant inconsistencies in the way various provincial transport departments apply federal hours-of-service rules, but the driving time regime remains at odds with provincial labor legislation as well, trapping most private fleets behind the eight ball.
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MTO to again use GPS-Satellite records for audit enforcement - (Headline News) from
May 29, 2009
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TORONTO -- Beginning the first of July, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) will begin phasing in the use of satellite records for enforcement purposes, the Ontario Trucking Association reports.
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Fourth Time's a Charm? Special interests fight truck hours - again - (Headline News) from
March 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to have better luck with an administration that's perhaps more friendly to their interests, a familiar coalition of lobby groups is taking yet another swipe at the American hours-of-service rules.
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Truck-involved fatality stats fall again - (Headline News) from
February 17, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- The truck-involved fatality rate in the U.S. continues to fall. The Federal Highway Administration reports that truck crash fatality levels in 2007 declined 5.8 percent to 2.12 per 100 million miles from 2006.
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Obama halts Bush-era rules, including EOBRs - (Headline News) from
January 22, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- Just hours after taking office, US President Barack Obama switched the red light on a list of rules until they can be reviewed by his own incoming staff, including a rule requiring at least some trucking carriers (perhaps most) to install electronic onboard recorders (EOBRs).
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Rock-a-by-'Berta: More rest areas considered - (Headline News) from
January 15, 2009
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CALGARY -- At least one province appears to be interested in providing better rest areas for truckers while they're out on the road. Alberta Transportation says it has some ideas for an improved network of facilities
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Final EOBR stalled; may not make publishing - (Headline News) from
January 12, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- The much-anticipated final rule for electronic on board recorders (EOBRs) in the U.S. may not make it into the rulebooks during the final days of the Bush administration.
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GPS to be used in US HOS enforcement - (Headline News) from
January 12, 2009
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has rescinded a policy barring use of GPS records to verify compliance with the hours of service rules.
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ATA shrugs off latest attempt to turn back HOS clock - (Headline News) from
December 22, 2008
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations says the latest attempt by "anti-truck groups and their allies" to block the newest version of the U.S. hours-of-service rules will be dismissed by regulators.
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Three Strikes: Interest groups challenge HOS rules again - (Headline News) from
December 19, 2008
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- They got tenacity, give 'em that. It seems that every holidays season, a coalition of safety-special interest groups finds a way to dump a lump of coal in the Dept of Transportation's stocking.
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If It 'Aint Broke: FMSCA leaves HOS rules unchanged - (Headline News) from
November 19, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- In announcing its final hours-of-service rule, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration confirmed Tuesday that it will keep the 11-hour driving and 34-hour restart provisions.
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NTSB presses for mandatory EOBRs - (Headline News) from
October 31, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board this week issued its 2009 Federal Most Wanted List of highway safety improvements. Newly added to the list is one to require Electronic On-Board Recorders by all motor carriers.
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Off-duty not driving serving time - (Headline News) from
September 18, 2008
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FRESNO, Calif. -- Five truckers in this state have been sentenced to jail time and made to pay really stiff fines after pleading guilty to cooking their logbooks.
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Senate committee blasts FMCSA performance - (Headline News) from
July 22, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has shown "a pattern of undermining its safety mission by proposing weak regulations and failing to provide adequate oversight
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Manitoba trucking boss blasts anti-truck article - (Headline News) from
July 18, 2008
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WINNIPEG -- You'd think that the media would have stopped using Canadians for Responsible and Safe Highways (CRASH) as a reputable source
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Wake Up Call: Pilot project addressing driver fatigue from within - (Headline News) from
May 12, 2008
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CALGARY -- As regulators have spent the last few years breaking down a trucker's driving ability by the hour, a handful of western minds got together in an effort to get to the core of driver fatigue.
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US regulators to study universal EOBR rule - (Headline News) from
April 17, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says it may expand its proposed requirement for electronic onboard recorders to include all carriers.
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Doctors suggest testing truckers for sleep apnea - (Headline News) from
April 10, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- American medical experts have recommended to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that obese truck drivers be tested routinely for sleep apnea.
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First hour of driving most risky: Study - (Headline News) from
March 13, 2008
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BLACKSBURG, Va. -- It makes no statistical difference to safety whether a driver is on the road for 10 or 11 hours, a new study to evaluate the safety impact of U.S. hours-of-service regulations has revealed.
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Lots of Canadians asleep at the wheel - (Headline News) from
February 18, 2008
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TORONTO -- Driving while tired is more common than driving under the influence and is a much bigger problem than previously believed, according to a recent report on highway safety.
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U.S. truck crash-fatality rates fall to lowest level in history - (Headline News) from
February 11, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- Newly released Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) vehicle mileage figures confirm that the rate in fatal crashes, the fatality rate, and the fatal crash rate for large trucks each declined
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American HOS survives latest wave of court challenges - (Headline News) from
January 25, 2008
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a lawsuit by special interest group Public Citizen to quash the 11-hour daily driving limit and the 34-hour restart provisions of the rules.
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ATA urges carriers to back HOS rules - (Headline News) from
January 14, 2008
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- A month after the U.S. government announced it would keep current hours-of-service rules will virtually unchanged, the American Trucking Association is asking carriers to support the rules before yet another impending court challenge.
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Pioneering carrier ends paper trail; but enforcement still catching up - (Headline News) from
January 07, 2008
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SURREY, B.C. -- Popular opinion is that electronic on-board recorders for the trucking industry are coming.
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Fix labor discrepancy in HOS rules, private carriers tell ministry - (Headline News) from
December 24, 2007
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TORONTO -- There is no need for two sets of rules to govern hours of work for provincially regulated truck drivers.
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Court action filed against interim HOS rule - (Headline News) from
December 21, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- That didn't take long. Only a week after being introduced, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest hours of work docket is being appealed in an effort to put it out-of-service before it can be implemented.
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NTSB says FMCSA black box proposal lacks teeth; wants tougher paper log rules - (Headline News) from
December 19, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board says its sister agency governing commercial trucks should rethink its proposal to mandate electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) only for "repeat violators" of hours-of-service rules.
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ATA testifies in support of reissued HOS rule - (Headline News) from
December 19, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations will testify before a Senate Subcommittee that it supports the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's recent Interim Final Rule on driver's hours of service.
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FMCSA publishes new interim final HOS rule; Current limits to remain - (Headline News) from
December 12, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- There will be no changes to the 11-hour drive time and 34-hour restart provisions in the U.S. federal hours-of-service rule -- not if the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration gets the final say.
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Study clears the weather for rollover blame - (Headline News) from
December 07, 2007
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CALGARY -- Assuming poor weather conditions are the main cause of rollover accidents involving livestock trucks, is unjustified according to a recent study by Alberta Farm Animal Care (AFAC).
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SPECIAL REPORT: Clock ticks on HoS compliance; Feds not twisting arms yet - (Headline News) from
November 26, 2007
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OTTAWA -- It doesn't look like Canada's western provinces are in much of a hurry to fully get on board with new federal hours of service rules -
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CTA warns HOS rules 'unraveling'; calls for non-compliance penalties - (Headline News) from
November 07, 2007
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OTTAWA -- Frustrated with the lack of effort by western provinces to harmonize federal hours-of-service rules, the Canadian Trucking Alliance is urging Ottawa to withhold transport funding until they do.
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Full(ish) HOS enforcement kicks off in BC - (Headline News) from
November 01, 2007
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LANGLEY, B.C. -- The so-called 'soft' enforcement period of B.C.'s hours-of-service rules is over. As of today, B.C.'s Commercial Vehicle Safety and Enforcement (CVSE) Division will begin fully enforcing the new federal standard B.C and most other provinces mirrored earlier this year.
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Lay off of HOS: Canadian truckers to FMCSA - (Headline News) from
November 01, 2007
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OTTAWA -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) filed a petition urging the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to retain two key provisions of the U.S. federal hours of service rules which were vacated in July 2007 by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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EU truckers beg for the slammer after driving for days - (Headline News) from
October 29, 2007
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LONDON -- Tired Canadian truckers frustrated over the lack of rest their bosses allow should take solace in knowing things could be worse.
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Shippers, CVSA back carriers on stay of current HOS rules - (Headline News) from
September 24, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- In five separate filings, law enforcement, shipping and trucking interests have come forward to support the American Trucking Associations'
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OOIDA wants court to reconsider HOS sleeper berth exception - (Headline News) from
September 11, 2007
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GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. -- The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has filed a petition requesting the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reconsider its opinion on certain hours of service rules.
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Motion to stay HOS ruling keeps provisions in place -- for now - (Headline News) from
September 10, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations' has filed a motion asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to stay for eight months its decision to eliminate the 11-hour and 34-hour restart provisions of the American hours-of-service rules.
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ATA petitions regulators to retain HOS as is - (Headline News) from
September 04, 2007
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ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Trucking Associations is anticipating "widespread disruption in the industry and the supply chain," if a court decision to throw out the 11-hour daily driving limit and 34-hour restart provisions of the federal hours-of-service rules takes effect.
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MTO looks to redevelop highway service centers, add rest areas - (Headline News) from
August 31, 2007
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TORONTO -- The Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Ontario released today a request for qualifications (RFQ) to shortlist teams to design, build, finance, maintain and operate highway service Centers on Highways 400 and 401.
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HOS ruling may push back final EOBR rule: Trucking official - (Headline News) from
August 27, 2007
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HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- A U.S. rule on electronic on-board recorders is not yet imminent, admitted a transportation official with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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Double-Standardized Standards: Ontario labor law trumps HOS - (Headline News) from
August 20, 2007
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TORONTO -- As if there weren't enough discrepancies between new federal hours-of-service rules and the way some provinces interpret them.
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FMCSA pursues ITS overnight parking solution for trucks - (Headline News) from
August 08, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has contracted a company to develop an automated "SmartPark" system to make it easier for long-haul truck drivers to determine where overnight truck parking is available on major highways.
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ATA urges DOT to help fight for current HOS rules - (Headline News) from
August 02, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves says there is "no compelling safety reason” to eliminate two provisions of the current U.S. hours-of-service regime.
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ATA to challenge court ruling on HOS - (Headline News) from
July 25, 2007
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ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations hopes it will get a stay from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to keep the current rules governing truck drivers’ work and rest periods in place.
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BREAKING NEWS: US Court rejects 11-hour driving limit in HOS rule - (Headline News) from
July 24, 2007
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WASHINGTON – The 11-hour daily driving time and the 34-hour restart provisions of the U.S. federal hours-of-service regulation have been tossed out by the U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Fatigue: Not just for truckers anymore - (Headline News) from
July 10, 2007
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OTTAWA -- The Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF) says its new poll is a "wake-up call" on the "startling" number of drowsy and fatigued drivers on Ontario's roadways.
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Canadian truckers perform well at '07 Roadcheck blitz: OOS rate down - (Headline News) from
June 29, 2007
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OTTAWA -- The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) is the first NAFTA agency to reports this year's CVSA Roadcheck results. The verdict? The large majority of Canadian truckers passed inspections with flying colors.
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PIC 2.0: Alberta re-launches improved carrier compliance program - (Headline News) from
June 12, 2007
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EDMONTON -- It's back. And now that Alberta's one-of-a-kind Partners in Compliance (PIC) program has been given a real shot to succeed, its rescuers are already working on exporting it to the rest of Canada and the U.S.
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BC truckers not having ferry good time with new HOS - (Headline News) from
May 15, 2007
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VANCOUVER -- New hours-of-service rules are creating havoc for some short-haul carriers across the country.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Mechanics covered by HOS, too - (Headline News) from
May 09, 2007
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. -- Call it an unintended consequence, or bureaucracy running amok, but it seems that anyone who drives a truck -- even mechanics on short test drives -- are subject to the hours of service recordkeeping requirements.
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SPECIAL REPORT: EOBR rule needs a lot of work, commentators say - (Headline News) from
May 07, 2007
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TORONTO -- The U.S. DOT's controversial plan to mandate EOBRs (electronic on-board recorders) for repeat hours-of-service violators is far from perfect, most commentators say.
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Volvo research compares fatigue to drunk driving - (Headline News) from
May 04, 2007
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Loss of co-ordination, motor skills, response times, vision, attentiveness and even cognitive ability and attitude are all clear signs of a drunk driver. They're also very similar to characteristics of a driver who hasn’t had enough sleep, a new study by Volvo Trucks in Sweden has found.
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SPECIAL REPORT: Alberta still no go on HOS: Minister - (Headline News) from
April 28, 2007
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BANFF, Alta. -- While other Canadian provinces have already adopted federal hours-of-service rules, Alberta says it still doesn't have a timetable of when it will mirror Ottawa's regulation which came into effect Jan. 1, 2007.
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New CVOR model takes affect today in Ontario - (Headline News) from
April 02, 2007
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TORONTO -- More significant changes to Ontario's Commercial Vehicle Operator Registration system kick in today, including a new "proactive" intervention model which replaces the current "rehabilitative" system.
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Truck critics group says FMCSA a 'failure' on safety - (Headline News) from
March 13, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- The number of truck-related fatalities on U.S. highways hasn't budged in recent years, a group of long-time trucking critics stated at a press conference.
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HOS rules should allow more flexibility: ATA study - (Headline News) from
March 07, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- As special interest groups prepare yet another court challenge of the current American hours-of-service rules on the grounds they're too lax, the nation's top carrier group
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Washington court rules truckers must be paid OT - (Headline News) from
March 06, 2007
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SEATTLE -- Washington State truckers and other workers are entitled to overtime if they're on the job more than exceed 40 hours per week, the state Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision last week.
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Additional provinces come under HOS tent - (Headline News) from
March 05, 2007
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VICTORIA -- Four more provinces -- B.C., Manitoba, Quebec, and New Brunswick -- have implemented hours-of-service rules for intra-provincial truckers.
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Ontario OKs HOS exemption for fuel haulers during shortage - (Headline News) from
March 01, 2007
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TORONTO -- Petroleum carriers will be allowed to exceed new hours-of-service limitations until the fuel supply situation is expected to be stabilized in mid-March, the Ontario Trucking Association reports.
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QUESTION PERIOD: Kriska's Mark Seymour lays it down - (Headline News) from
February 19, 2007
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TORONTO -- As the newly elected chairman of the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), it falls to Kriska Holdings Ltd.'s Mark Seymour of Prescott, Ont. to carry the torch on speed limiters, EOBRS, incentives for green truck technology, and other high-profile campaigns.
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FMCSA opens comment period on EOBR rule - (Headline News) from
January 22, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- Comments from truckers and industry stakeholders are being accepted on the proposed regulation to mandate the use of electronic on-board recorders in the U.S.
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U.S. carriers like EOBR rule; Critics criticize - (Headline News) from
January 12, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- No surprises here. The American Trucking Associations has declared its support for yesterday's much-anticipated rule on electronic on-board recorders, while long-time government critics like Public Citizen called the proposal a "weak standard."
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S. proposes 'black box' rule; only repeat violators affected - (Headline News) from
January 11, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- Two strikes and it's in. That's what the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided for electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) on trucks.
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Survey Says: Most drivers break HOS rules - (Headline News) from
January 09, 2007
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WASHINGTON -- Three out of four drivers admit to have violated the U.S. hours of service regulations -- and 55 percent say they'll continue to deliberately break the rules -- an online survey shows.
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SPECIAL REPORT: HOS delays cause enforcement rift among provinces - (Headline News) from
December 22, 2006
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OTTAWA -- Varying hours-of-service implementation dates among the provinces could create an uneven playing field in more than one jurisdiction across Canada, truckers warn.
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Manitoba to allow old 160 km HOS exemption for provincial truckers - (Headline News) from
December 22, 2006
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WINNIPEG -- Because new record-keeping rules for regional Manitoba carriers and drivers are proving to be quite burdensome, the province is apparently allowing truckers to continue to operate under the old 160 km exemption.
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SPECIAL REPORT: US HOS? No thanks, drivers say in survey - (Headline News) from
December 11, 2006
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TORONTO -- The Hours of Service rules are supposed to be about safety, right? Seems odd then, that a large majority of the drivers who responded to an exclusive HOS survey Today's Trucking and highwaySTAR conducted over the past few months said they didn't feel safety had been enhanced by the new, more restrictive rules that went into effect in 2004 south of the border.
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US Appeals court hears anti-HOS cases - (Headline News) from
December 04, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- Preliminary arguments against the latest version of the U.S. hours-of-service regime will be heard today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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Alberta carriers blast province for not adopting federal HOS rule - (Headline News) from
November 14, 2006
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CALGARY -- Officials representing some of Alberta's largest for-hire trucking carriers say they were shocked when the province's minister of Infrastructure & Transportation announced last week that Alberta would not be mirroring new federal hours of service legislation scheduled to take affect January 2007.
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Alberta stays off federal HOS bandwagon -- for now - (Headline News) from
November 13, 2006
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EDMONTON -- Alberta will not be joining the rest of the country in mirroring new hours-of-service rules that take affect in the New Year.
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Enhanced sleep apnea screening urged for truckers - (Headline News) from
September 15, 2006
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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. -- New recommendations have been released by a joint task force, offering an updated approach to the screening and management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among commercial truck drivers.
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EOBR findings show low usage, concern over uniformity - (Headline News) from
September 13, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Usage of electronic on-board recording technology is extremely low among North American truckers, says a U.S. research agency just two months before the American government is expected to announce a rule on the devices.
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Have a take on HOS? We want to know - (Headline News) from
July 03, 2006
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TORONTO – No issue in trucking has as broad and all-reaching an impact on a driver’s life as hours of service. To say drivers live and die by HOS wouldn’t be stretching the point. At the very least, our lives revolve around that rule in a way no other rule affects us. So just how do the rules affect you?
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Transport Canada confident of Jan 1 HOS deadline; minor text changes won't delay rule - (Headline News) from
June 23, 2006
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OTTAWA -- The chief of Motor Carrier Safety Policy at Transport Canada says he doesn't think the provinces and territories will miss implementing Canada's new hours-of-service regime by the Jan. 1, 2007 deadline.
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QUESTION PERIOD: David Bradley on the case for EOBRs in Canada - (Headline News) from
June 19, 2006
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We go to CTA boss David Bradley for his take on what EOBRs will mean for trucking
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FMCSA not cracking down on repeat rule breakers: Inspector General - (Headline News) from
May 04, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. DOT's watchdog has found that the department's motor carrier regulatory arm has significantly improved oversight of carrier safety since its last audit in 1999, but needs to do better in identifying a pattern of violations by truckers and closing loopholes so that repeat violators don't escape maximum fines.
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DOT may temporarily relax HOS rules for tank truckers - (Headline News) from
May 02, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Transportation Department is considering liberalizing hours-of-service rules for tanker truck drivers after working limits were blamed for fuel delivery problems in the northeast U.S. and south-central states.
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ATA allowed intervention in latest HOS challenge - (Headline News) from
April 12, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- The American Trucking Associations has won the right to intervene in Public Citizen's latest challenge to the FMCSA newest hours-of-service rules.
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Union wants fewer driving hours than national standard for log truckers - (Headline News) from
April 11, 2006
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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Log truckers in B.C.'s northern Interior won't be driving an extra hour if the United Steelworkers union has any say in the matter.
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B.C. forest council wants extra on-duty hour for log truckers - (Headline News) from
April 04, 2006
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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- B.C. truck loggers are looking to convince regulators to allow more driving hours than the upcoming Canadian hours-of-service rules mandate.
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U.S. transport research firm to study 2006 HOS effect - (Headline News) from
April 03, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The American Transportation Research Institute is seeking motor carrier data for a new survey that measures the effects of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s sleeper berth amendment to the hours-of-service rules.
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More car-truck crashes are four-wheelers' fault: Study - (Headline News) from
March 27, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- Driver behavior is 10 times more likely to be the cause of truck-car crashes than any other factor, including weather, road conditions, and vehicle performance, according to a new study released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
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Anti-HOS movement gains momentum: More groups file challenges - (Headline News) from
February 28, 2006
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WASHINGTON -- As they promised, various trucking and public interest groups have filed separate court challenges in opposition to the latest U.S. hours-of-service rules.
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OOIDA files court challenge against US HOS rule - (Headline News) from
January 10, 2006
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Last year, it was public interest and safety groups that took U.S. regulators to court over new hours-of-service rules. Now, North America's largest independent trucker group says it will challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's latest HOS regulation before a judge.
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U.S. Post wants contract carriers to be exempted from new HOS rule - (Headline News) from
December 07, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- The United States Postal Service is asking transportation department rulemakers to exempt its contracted motor carriers from the new hours-of-service rules.
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More risk for truckers at 11th hour: Study - (Headline News) from
November 23, 2005
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The crash risk for truck drivers in the last hour of the now legal 11-hour day behind the wheel in the U.S. is more than three times higher than during the first hour, according to a new Penn State research team.
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New HOS rules not making for good team play: Truckers - (Headline News) from
November 14, 2005
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TORONTO -- New hours-of-service rules in the US aren't having too much of an impact on most drivers, but team drivers are already feeling the squeeze.
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New Canadian HOS regime around the corner - (Headline News) from
October 27, 2005
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OTTAWA - Canada's new hours-of-service rules have been formally approved and will be published in the Canada Gazette Part II in mid-November, Transport Minister Jean-C. Lapierre announced.
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HOS Battle Continues: Union, safety groups file another challenge - (Headline News) from
September 26, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- As predicted by industry watchers, the off-again, on-again hours-of-service rules in the US may yet again be in limbo.
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Fatigue management conference kicks off; Canadian truckers take part - (Headline News) from
September 13, 2005
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SEATTLE, -- Transportation officials will join sleep experts from across the globe to discuss how to reduce fatigue-related crashes on highways.
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Owner-ops don't like new HOS rule; appeal for changes - (Headline News) from
September 01, 2005
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After a week of modest industry reaction to the new U.S. hours-of-service rules, American owner-ops are the first group to formally speak out against the latest changes.
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Teamsters slam new HOS rules - (Headline News) from
August 23, 2005
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WASHINGTON -- The proposed Hours of Service rule for truck drivers issued Friday by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is a major setback for highway
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New HOS amends short-haul rule; Black boxes not included - (Headline News) from
August 23, 2005
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WASHINGTON, -- While Canadian carriers are still adjusting to the news that the US's new hours-of-service rules will no longer include a split-sleeper provision,
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$300B U.S. Highway Bill Fails to Codify HOS - (Headline News) from
August 14, 2005
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It took 11 extensions of the old law and almost two years of haggling, but US Congress passed a $286.45 billion highway reauthorization bill, increas
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SPECIAL: Canadian HOS rules finally draw near - (Headline News) from
June 20, 2005
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NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. (June 20, 2005) -- Slow but steady. Even after all the setbacks and delays, Canada may actually have a final hours-of-service regime before the U.S.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Stability control or 'black boxes' for Quebec TDG haulers - (Headline News) from
June 12, 2005
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Hazmat-hauling tanker trucks made after August 2006 will need an electronic stability system or a 'black box' in Quebec.
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Studies say tired truckers can lead to overweight ones - (Headline News) from
June 06, 2005
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Here's something to mull over next time you find yourself groggy and craving a plate of French fries: two recent American studies suggest there's a direc
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Canadian-made U.S. HOS training - (Headline News) from
January 01, 2005
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If you run to the States, you may have gained a whole new appreciation for time management since Jan. 4, when new hours-of
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CTA drops 18-hour window proposal; Endorses EOBRs for trucks - (Headline News) from
November 29, 2004
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OTTAWA, -- In a surprise move, the Canadian Trucking Alliance has dropped its proposal to extend the "working window" two more hours as part of the upcoming Canadia
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CTA says it supports more rest, not extra driving as newspaper article implies - (Headline News) from
November 08, 2004
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OTTAWA, -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance has issued a release rebutting today's front page newspaper stories suggesting that the carrier association supports increa
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U.S. Appeals Court throws out HOS rule - (Headline News) from
July 16, 2004
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WASHINGTON, -- The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. has thrown out the federal government's new hours-of-service rules today and sent the case back to the
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Get With the Program - (Headline News) from
January 01, 2004
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You may be ready for HOS rules. Are your computers?
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