{"id":3847,"date":"2017-03-06T11:24:01","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2019-07-24T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T17:25:49","slug":"truckers-agree-with-ig-report-on-hours-of-service-restart-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/2017\/truckers-agree-with-ig-report-on-hours-of-service-restart-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Truckers agree with IG report on hours-of-service restart restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"right\">\n<h5><strong>Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>1 OOIDA Drive, Grain Valley, MO\u00a0 64029<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Web Site:<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/\">www.www.ooida.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:<\/strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OOIDA\">OOIDA Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>Norita Taylor,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:norita_taylor@ooida.com\">norita_taylor@ooida.com<\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"red\"><strong>Headquarters<\/strong>: (816) 229-5791<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"black\" align=\"center\">Truckers agree with IG report on hours-of-service restart restrictions<\/h3>\n<p>The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, a national association representing small-business truckers, expressed approval of a report by the Department of Transportation Inspector General about restrictions on the 34-hour restart provision of hours-of-service regulations.<\/p>\n<p>The Association agrees with the report\u2019s finding that there is no safety benefit in the two currently suspended provisions of the restart rule. Those provisions required two nighttime rest periods from 1-5 a.m. during restart breaks and limited the use of the restart to once every 168 hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not only common sense, it\u2019s trucker sense,\u201d said OOIDA executive vice president, Todd Spencer. \u201cWe have always championed the need for flexibility in the hours-of-service regulations so that drivers can drive when rested and avoid times of heavy congestion or bad weather conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, a national association representing small-business truckers, expressed approval of a report by the Department of Transportation Inspector General about restrictions on the 34-hour restart provision of hours-of-service regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":2301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[359,189,160],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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