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Log InMCSAC aims to raise awareness of detention times and trucking safety
This month, David Parker, the chair of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee wrote a letter to Anne Ferro of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, on regulations regarding other accountable parties within the industry, The Trucker reports.
Trucking safety is at the heart of the letter, which suggests that "other key stakeholders" should be responsible for "undue detention times," as this can ultimately compromise truck driving safety.
The letter was written after the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report, titled Commercial Motor Carriers: More Could Be Done to Determine Impact of Excessive Loading and Unloading Wait Times on Hours of Service, according to Parker.
"This issue should be addressed by policymakers, as oftentimes the entity causing the problem for the driver/carrier is their customer and/or employer," Parker wrote in the letter, the news source reports. "Thus, the driver/carrier is in an untenable position to address this problem directly and effectively."
The Commercial Carrier Journal reports that according to a GAO study on detention time, 68 percent of drivers interviewed noted that they have been detained within the past month.
MCSAC aims to raise awareness of detention times and trucking safety
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
This month, David Parker, the chair of the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee wrote a letter to Anne Ferro of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, on regulations regarding other accountable parties within the industry, The Trucker reports.
