Safety Changes for Commercial Trucker's hours

In settlement of a lawsuit brought by Public Citizen, the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration have agreed to revisit commercial-trucker hour limitations promulgated by the Bush administration. See http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2987

The lawsuit is being held in abeyance while efforts are undertaken to create new rules to enhance public safety and to reduce collisions between tractor-trailers and eighteen wheelers and the public. http://www.citizen.org/documents/HOS%20Joint%20Motion%20to%20Hold%20in%20Abeyance.pdf

While fatal crashes in Maryland, The District of Columbia and nationwide are down overall, the expanded consecutive hours rule almost inevitably would have served to increase comeercial truck driver fatigue. See : http://www.maryland-law.com/library/commercial-truckers-hours-and-public-safety.cfm