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Published on 02-02-2012 09:56 AM
By Oliver B. Patton, Washington Editor - TruckingInfo.com
In the House highway bill unveiled yesterday, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., finally revealed what he meant when he said he will challenge the new hours of service rule. The bill could force the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to rewrite the 34-hour restart provision of the rule, which limits the restart to once a week with two sleep periods from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.
The bill would require the agency to do a field study of the provision. The study would have to be completed
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