{"id":210,"date":"2014-03-10T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/early-returns-on-rules-to-combat-truck-driver-fatigue\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:10:17","slug":"early-returns-on-rules-to-combat-truck-driver-fatigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/early-returns-on-rules-to-combat-truck-driver-fatigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Returns On Rules To Combat Truck Driver Fatigue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/legal-articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Articles<\/a> | March 10, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Unsafe driving practices are not hard to identify. A drive of any length will likely reveal drivers using cell phones, tailgating, driving too fast and generally driving in an unsafe manner. Among commercial drivers, the pressure to engage in one particular form of dangerous driving can be substantial. Financial pressure can induce a truck driver to operate a semi while fatigued. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 13 percent of large truck crashes involved a driver who was fatigued at the time of the accident. The government recently passed new rules to help combat driver fatigue among truck drivers. A new study shows that the rules might be improving road safety more than previous attempts to tackle the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The latest rules regarding when and for how long drivers may operate their vehicles are intended to reduce fatigue. They limit truck drivers to a maximum average work week of 70 hours. In addition, drivers who have reached the 70-hour limit must rest for 34 consecutive hours. That 34-hour period must include two nights from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. Truck drivers are also required to take a half hour break sometime during the first 8 hours of a shift. Finally, drivers are not allowed to drive for more than 11 hours in a day or work for more than 14 hours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/early-returns-on-rules-to-combat-truck-driver-fatigue\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Early Returns On Rules To Combat Truck Driver Fatigue\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Articles | March 10, 2014 Unsafe driving practices are not hard to identify. A drive of any length will likely reveal drivers using cell phones, tailgating, driving too fast and generally driving in an unsafe manner. Among commercial drivers, the pressure to engage in one particular form of dangerous driving can be substantial. 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