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GAO-12-397R 1 (2012-01-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadomz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-322995 January 27, 2012 The Honorable John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison Ranking Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable John L. Mica Chairman The Honorable Nick J. Rahall II Ranking Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives Subject: Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Hours of Service of Drivers Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), entitled Hours of Service of Drivers (RIN: 2126- AB26). We received the rule on January 13, 2012. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on December 27, 2011. 76 Fed. Reg. 81,134. The final rule revises the hours of service (HOS) regulations to limit the use of the 34-hour restart provision to once every 168 hours and to require that anyone using the 34-hour restart provision have as part of the restart two periods that include 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. It also includes a provision that allows truckers to drive if they have had a break of at least 30 minutes, at a time of their choosing, sometime within the previous 8 hours. This rule does not include a change to the daily driving limit because FMCSA is unable to definitively demonstrate that a 10-hour limit-which it favored in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)-would have higher net benefits than an 11-hour limit. The current 11-hour limit is, therefore, unchanged at this time. The 60- and 70-hour limits are also unchanged. The purpose of the rule is to limit the ability of drivers to work the maximum number of hours currently allowed, or close to the maximum, on a continuing basis to reduce the possibility of driver fatigue. FMCSA notes that long daily and weekly hours are associated with an GAO-12-397R

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