News tagged with 'Trucking Industry'

The Obama administration has thrown out the longer hours-of-service rules the Bush administration had three times imposed allowing truck drivers to stay on the road more hours per week. New rules are being crafted.

Federal safety investigators are considering screening commercial bus and truck drivers, as well as merchant ship pilots for sleep apnea - a disorder which involves disruptions in breathing during sleep.

A conference on distracted drivers begins in Washington Wednesday, and truckers are sure to square off with safety advocates over computers in the cab.

California’s Air Resources Board will convene this week to review study findings that suggest workers continuously exposed to diesel exhaust from vehicles on the highway, loading docks and city streets have an elevated risk of developing lung cancer compared to other workers.