The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not apply the provision under its revised hours of service (HOS) rule requiring drivers to take a 30-minute break for every eight hours of consecutive driving on short-haul routes, and will initiate a rulemaking to include text that effect in the rule.
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360-degree vehicle monitoring
System improves driving and safety in critical situations, such as dense city traffic, narrow loading ramps and construction sites by providing improved information and data exchange between the driver, vehicle and infrastructure. It can also be permanently active when the vehicle is standing still, allowing the driver to monitor the vehicle and its cargo.
Read MoreObama talks transportation funding, Jobs Act at Hilltop Concrete
Sources: White House press staff; National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, Silver Spring, Md.; Hilltop Basic Resources, Cincinnati; CP staff
With a rickety, steel trestle bridge as a backdrop, President Obama told a September 22 gathering at Hilltop Concrete’s downtown Cincinnati plant, “We used to have the best infrastructure in the world. We’re the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad, Interstate Highway System, Hoover Dam [and] Grand Central Station.”
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