{"id":136,"date":"2016-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/truck-safety-and-the-federal-hours-of-service-rules\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:21","slug":"truck-safety-and-the-federal-hours-of-service-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/truck-safety-and-the-federal-hours-of-service-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck safety and the federal hours of service rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Truck safety is an important concern when it comes to improving highway safety. Because of their size and the weight they carry, semi-tractor trailers and other commercial vehicles present a serious risk of causing harm or death other motorists when they are involved in accidents.<\/p>\n<p>One particular area where truck needs continual monitoring and improvement is driver fatigue. Long hours on the road and inadequate rest can make truck drivers a roadway accident waiting to happen. Driver fatigue has long been known to be a problem among truck drivers, and federal regulations are in place to help ensure that truckers get enough rest. These federal regulations are known as the hours of service rules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hours of service rules apply to commercial vehicle drivers whose vehicles meet certain requirements. On its website, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration provides a brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmcsa.dot.gov\/regulations\/hours-service\/summary-hours-service-regulations\" target=\"_blank\">summary<\/a> of these rules. Slightly different rules apply to property-carrying drivers and passenger-carrying drivers. For the former, the rules include the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/truck-safety-and-the-federal-hours-of-service-rules\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Truck safety and the federal hours of service rules\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Truck safety is an important concern when it comes to improving highway safety. Because of their size and the weight they carry, semi-tractor trailers and other commercial vehicles present a serious risk of causing harm or death other motorists when they are involved in accidents. One particular area where truck needs continual monitoring and improvement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truck-accidents","tag-truck-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Truck safety and the federal hours of service rules &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; April 29, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Truck safety and the federal hours of service rules - Truck Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/truck-safety-and-the-federal-hours-of-service-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Truck safety and the federal hours of service rules &#8212; 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