Assessing the Impacts of the 34-Hour Restart Provisions

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA's) Hours-of-Service (HOS) regulations govern both the number of hours a commercial driver may be on-duty and operate a commercial motor vehicle, as well as how much rest is required between periods of work. From 2010 through mid-2013 a rulemaking process took place to change the HOS. The results of this process included two changes or provisions to the 34-hour restart rule and a 30-minute rest break requirement. This report looks at the costs and benefits of the two 34-hour restart provisions which are defined as follows: (1) Use of the restart is limited to one time per week (once every 168 hours from the beginning of the prior restart); and (2) A valid 34-hour off-duty restart period must include two periods from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m.

• Record URL:
  • http://atri-online.org/2013/06/17/assessing-the-impacts-of-the-34-hour-restart-provisions/
• Corporate Authors:

  American Transportation Research Institute

  950 N Glebe Road, Suite 210
  Arlington, VA  United States  22203
• Authors:
  • Short, Jeffrey
• Publication Date: 2013-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 82p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Commercial drivers; Hours of labor; Motor carriers; Regulations; Rest periods
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Motor Carriers; I10: Economics and Administration; I70: Traffic and Transport;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01484418
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 19 2013 12:28PM