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December 9, 2016

Truck safety rollback may be just the beginning

  • Safety advocates say there probably will also be a push to increase weight limits and allow longer trailers.
    • By JOAN LOWY and DAVID DISHNEAU
    Associated Press

    HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The trucking industry scored a victory this week when Republican lawmakers effectively blocked Obama administration safety rules aimed at keeping tired truckers off the highway. But there's more coming down the road.

    The American Trucking Associations is pledging to come back next month, when Republicans will control the White House and Congress, and try to block state laws that require additional rest breaks for truckers beyond what federal rules require. The group says there should be one uniform national rule on work hours for interstate truckers and that the extra breaks aren't necessary for safety.


     
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