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Truckers should urge Congress to prevent the Department of Transportation from adopting its own proposal for changing the hours-of-service-regulations, the president of American Trucking Associations said here June 29.

Members of the Truckload Carriers Association voted overwhelmingly to spend as much as one-half million dollars from their reserve funds to fight proposed changes in the hours-of-service regulations.

Buried amidst the denunciations of the Department of Transportation’s proposed changes in hours-of-service regulations are some alternative proposals suggested by industry groups.

Despite being vastly outnumbered by critics, some organizations like what they see in the Department of Transportation’s proposed changes in the hours-of-service regulations.

Just how much will the proposed changes in the hours-of-service regulations cost?

Those involved in transferring hazardous cargo need more training, according to the the National Transportation Safety Board, and industry groups have agreed to cooperate in updating guidelines.

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House and Senate votes have stopped funding for the proposed ergonomics standards starting Oct. 1, but the workplace safety issue covering an estimated 27.3 million workers is far from being dead in the water.

Despite being vastly outnumbered by critics, some organizations like what they see in the Department of Transportation’s proposed changes in the hours-of-service regulations.