Supporting documents have long been required to ensure drivers remained within hours of service and were not driving in a fatigued state. These documents, when compared to the drivers log books, would prove whether the driver was where he said he was, when he said he was, doing what he said he was. For example
Fatigued Drivers
New Hours of Service (HOS) Regulation to White House
By Morgan Adams on
Posted in Hours of Service
The FMCSA, in compliance with the settlement agreement in the lawsuit brought by Public Citizen and other public interest groups, sent its new proposed hours of service (HOS) regulations to the White House. The FMCSA now has until July 2011 to publish the new rule.
The HOS regulations govern how long a truck driver can work before having…