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原文传递 Feds look to streamline CDL process, DOT rejects HOS challenge claims

题名：	Feds look to streamline CDL process, DOT rejects HOS challenge claims
正文语种：	eng
作者：	JOHN D. SCHULZ
摘要：	THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is looking into speeding up the process in which Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) are issued. At the same time, it has also ruled against revisions to the hours-of-service (HOS) requirements, citing that safety groups gave no basis for changes that would have provided more flexibility to drivers. In the first major decision affecting truck drivers in the Biden administration, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rejected assertions that HOS revisions made in September 2020 will lead to more crashes. That was a defeat for safety advocates and the Teamsters union, which had petitioned the agency for changes. "Even if petitioners had established standing to challenge the final rule, FMCSA's exercise of its expertise and discretion to modify existing hours-of-service rules was appropriate and reasonable, and the petition for review should be denied," the FMCSA ruled in January. The petitioners had challenged in that the final rule issued by FMCSA in 2020 did not adequately respond to a study showing a nearly four times heightened crash risk among drivers using the short-haul exception from the HOS regs.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Logistics Management
卷：	61
期：	3
页码：	14-15