The Trump Administration is looking to ease up on HOS regulations for truck drivers; however, safety groups are feeling concerned.
The current regulations limit long-haul truckers to 11 hours of driving time within a 14-hour on-duty window. They must also have 10 consecutive hours off duty before the โon-duty clockโ starts again.
Daphne Izer lost her 17-year-old son over 20 years ago, when a truck driver fell asleep at the wheel, hitting a vehicle on the turnpike in Falmouth, Oregon.
Her son, Jeff, was killed along with three other teenagers.
Izer then founded โParents Against Tired Truckers,โ which has been fighting for safer roads ever since the accident.ย ย She says she has nothing against truckers, just the way the industry is run.
โThe goods have to get delivered at any cost, and sometimes that costโs human lives, and the way theyโre paid promotes fatigue,โ Izer said. โIf the wheels are not turning, theyโre not making money.โ
Izer also says that the ELDs were one of the groupโs biggest successes.
The proposed revisions to HOS are still being reviewed by the White House and have not yet been revealed.
Safety Groups Lobbied Against โSplit Sleeper Birthโ which if brought back will be a real safety improvement.ย
