POSSIBLE CHANGES ARE ON THE TABLE FOR LONG DISTANCE TRUCK DRIVERS IN ALABAMA

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{"text":"The White House says it will consider expanding the number of hours long-distance truckers can drive during a shift.\n\nSome union groups are asking to add three hours to drive time. Some truckers told WAAY 31 it'll allow them to earn more money, but some say it's bad for their health.\n\n\"It would help. It'd still give us time from sitting places but other than that, 11 hours is plenty of time to drive. Like I said, it's the 14 that messes up sometimes,\" said Matthew Pate, who agrees with the possible changes.\n\nMatthew Pate has been driving for more than 15 years. He said the changes could definitely help with more actual driving time, which equals more pay.\n\nUnder current federal law, a trucker can be on the road for up to 11 hours, but only if he or she has taken a 30 minute break after 8 hours. A trucker can log up to 14 hours a day by doing paperwork or waiting for a load.\n\n\"Sometimes, you can sit somewhere for 4, 5, 6 hours and then all you gotta do is go park. You can't do nothing else,\" said Pate.\n\nNow, some advocates are pushing to change the driving time to 14 hours with a 16-hour day. In one scenario, the 30 minute break would be eliminated and drivers could stop their \"on-duty\" clock for up to three hours.\n\nRead more: https://www.waaytv.com/content/news/Possible-changes-on-the-table-for-long-distance-truck-drivers-in-North-Alabama-514387851.html ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"here's my opinion on how to make everyone happy except maybe company owner's,#1 extend drive time to 12hrs,#2 extend 14hr rule to 16hr,#3 cut sleeper berth from 10hrs back down to 8hrs because honestly who sleeps for 10hrs,and finally #4 get rid of percentage and cpm pay and pay drivers hourly, problems solved","replyToPid":0}