Cap on Truckers’ 70-Hour Work Week May Be Eased by Senate
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The 70-hour cap on a U.S. trucker’s workweek has a chance of being eased by Congress, undoing the result of a 15-year effort to reduce highway fatalities caused by drowsy long-haul drivers.
The main federal regulation requiring truckers to take an extended break after reaching weekly time limits would be suspended under an amendment adopted today in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The regulation had taken effect in July 2013 and immediately drew criticism from the industry.