Auto Tip
May 13, 2008
| Road rules for truck drivers
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I’ve seen a number of accidents in the news involving truckers falling asleep while driving. Are there rules that limit a truck driver’s time behind the wheel?
Under federal hours-of-service regulations, truckers are limited to either 60 driving hours during a 7-day period, or 70 driving hours during an 8-day period. They are not supposed to drive more than 10 hours at a time, and they must take an 8-hour break after working 15 hours.
Observance of these rules is in question. One study estimated that on a 1200-mile route from Washington State to Minnesota, more than half of the drivers ignored the hours-of-service regulations. Three-quarters of truckers in another study admitted that they violated hours-of-service rules, and 25 percent said they worked 100 or more hours a week. And close to 20% (one in five), admitted to falling asleep at the wheel.
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