In 2013, it was determined that driver’s 34-hour restart was not sufficient, and had to include two 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. periods, plus be limited to once per week.
Thankfully, due to countless fleet and driver complaints about the new restrictive rules, Congress suspended the additional requirement in December 2014. It’s been that way ever since, with the trucking industry holding their collective breaths waiting on a new report from the DOT.
Well, finally, the DOT determined that the extra restrictions had no effect on increasing driver safety.
The study “did not explicitly identify a net benefit from the use of the two suspended provisions of the restart rule on driver operations, safety, fatigue and health.”
Amen. The FMCSA still has to make the “34-hour restart study” public, but that’s the good word for the day.
Source: Overdrive