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Re: OT but related: And So It Begins ... Congress Blocks Trucking Safety Regs
Author: Pdxrailtransit I
Date: 12-08-2016 - 14:06
mook Wrote:
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> LATimes reports that Congress has blocked rules
> mandating specific timing and amounts of truck
> driver rest:
> [www.latimes.com]
> ety-20161208-story.html
>
> Article also speculates on other safety rules
> (truck weights, autonomous vehicles, etc.) that
> could be repealed and/or, where states have regs,
> preempted. Looks like the current (indirect)
> limits on truck competition for railroads may be
> gone before long.
So good to know that our lawmakers are looking out for all the soccer moms, church busses, and other ordinary motorists.
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> LATimes reports that Congress has blocked rules
> mandating specific timing and amounts of truck
> driver rest:
> [www.latimes.com]
> ety-20161208-story.html
>
> Article also speculates on other safety rules
> (truck weights, autonomous vehicles, etc.) that
> could be repealed and/or, where states have regs,
> preempted. Looks like the current (indirect)
> limits on truck competition for railroads may be
> gone before long.
So good to know that our lawmakers are looking out for all the soccer moms, church busses, and other ordinary motorists.
