FMCSA seeks input about truck drivers' detention time

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{"text":"The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting information regarding driver detention times and how it affects roadway safety.\n\n\nFMCSA submitted a request for information on Friday, June 7, that is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on June 10.\n\n\n“A recent study by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General found that better data are needed to fully understand the issues associated with driver detention,” the notice stated.\n\n\nIn 2011, the Government Accountability Office recommended that “FMCSA examine the extent to which detention time contributes to hours-of-service violations in its future studies on driver fatigue and detention time.”\n\n\nFMCSA responded to the GAO report by sponsoring a study in 2014 among a sample of motor carriers. The study found that drivers experienced detention time during approximately 10 percent of their stops for an average duration of 1.4 hours beyond a commonly accepted two-hour loading and unloading period.\n\n\nIn 2018, DOT’s Office of Inspector General reported that detention time increased crash risks and costs but that the current data limited further analysis. The report recommended that FMCSA collaborate with industry stakeholders to develop and implement a plan to collect and analyze “reliable, accurate and representative data on the frequency and severity of driver detention.”\n\n\nThe agency is asking stakeholders to answer seven questions.\n\n\nRead more: http://www.landlinemag.com/story.aspx?storyid=74354#.XQEcRYgza1t ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"those idiots should've done that when paper logs were all we had. they are so far out of touch that all the toilet paper in the world couldn't wipe away half the crap they put us through","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"I already left my comment","replyToPid":0}