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Repeated violations can result in fines from $1,000 to $11,000 and a downgrade in the motor carrier's safety rating. [26] Long-haul drivers are normally paid by the mile, not by the hour. [27] Legally, truck drivers are not required to receive overtime pay for hours worked in excess of the standard 40-hour work week. [28]
The purpose of out-of-service criteria is to define a set of physical conditions under which a commercial motor vehicle ("CMV") or commercial driver may be placed out of service. The Secretary of Transportation ’s statutory authority for issuing out-of-service orders is predicated upon a finding that a regulatory violation poses an imminent ...
The audit activity and the resultant motor carrier safety rating has been criticized for being imperfect, and perhaps misleading. Studies [2] [3] have shown that for a considerable number of audit items, correlation coefficients between audit item outcome and actual safety performance have counter-intuitive signs: the better the compliance rating of firms, the worse their accident rates.
Motor carriers shall carefully examine Forms MCS 63 and all violations or mechanical defects noted thereon shall be corrected. To the extent drivers are shown not to be in compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, appropriate corrective action shall be taken by the motor carrier.
The final rule required truck drivers who use the "34-hour restart" provision to maximize their weekly work hours to limit the restart to once a week and to include in the restart period at least two nights off duty from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m., when one's 24-hour body clock supposedly needs and benefits from sleep the most.
Many truck drivers across the country have seemingly taken issue with the ruling. A man known online as Chicago Ray posted a video on X following the decision: “I’ve been on the radio talking ...
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