Members of the Truckload Carriers Association are urging shippers to join them in fighting proposed changes in the federal hours-of-service regulations governing truck drivers. They are also suggesting points to stress in filing comments with the Department of Transportation.
鈥淚f we go to [DOT] and talk about the impact the rule will have on us, they鈥檒l look at us as whiners,鈥 said Robert Rothstein, counsel for the organization. 鈥淚f shippers join in, it will show DOT how serious an issue this is.鈥
Rothstein said shippers groups, such as the National Industrial Transportation League, are not actively fighting the proposal, which carriers say would cause shipping rates to rise from 20% to 40%.
Rothstein and others offered their comments at a June 20 meeting of TCA鈥檚 鈥淛ust In Time to Wait鈥 management panel.
For the full story, see the June 26 print edition of Transport Topics. .
