At the top of recent truck safety news is a bill by Sen. Kelley Ayotte, R-N.H., to suspend the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule. Ayotte's bill mirrors one by Rep. Richard Hanna, R-N.Y., that would suspend the restart provision pending an assessment by the Government Accountability Office. The bills would put carriers back under the 34-hour restart provision that was in force before July 1, 2013, while GAO looks at the methodology the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration used to write the new provision.
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