The Fleet Business Authority
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study supports the rule. the request House legislators year's highway bill atAssociations.of The True Understanding of the American Trucking have introduced Economy and Safety Act was drafted by The agency is late in completing Reps. Richard Hanna, R-N.Y., Tom Rice, the study of how several carriers' field a bill that R-S.C., and Mike Michaud, D-Maine. operations are affected by the restart Hanna said in a statement that the would suspend provision. 34-hour restart provision is "arbitrary The draft bill tells GAO to assess the the 34-hour and capricious" because the safety methodology FMCSA used to write the agency has not yet completed a study of restart provision restart provision. its effectiveness. Specifically, the bill says GAO should of the hours-of- see if the data used represents the drivers "There are legitimate concerns that this new rule makes our roads less safe who are subject to the provision and if service rule. and hurts small business," he said. "The the analysis is statistically valid. Also, the TRUE Safety Act is a bipartisan effort to agency should look at the potential safety press the 'pause button' on this new rule while an indeimpact of the provision putting more drivers on the road pendent assessment is completed." during morning rush hour. The bill may get through the House but is unlikely to The bill has been referred to the House Transportapass the Senate, say Hill staff who closely follow the issue. tion and Infrastructure Committee, of which Hanna, At issue is the study of the restart mandated in last Rice and Michaud are members. ■ Advanced compliance. True performance. The J. J. Keller Encompassª fleet management system offers total flexibility — from stand-alone E-logs to full performance & compliance management. Plus, it's compatible with iPad¨, iPhone¨ and Androidª devices with our KellerMobile® app installed. Or use the new J. J. Keller Compliance Tabletª for an all-inclusive option. With Encompass™ you get: • An ELD/EOBR that works with all vehicle classes • Automatic system updates with no hardware swap-outs • Freedom to use drivers' mobile devices, our tablet or a combination of both. J. J. Keller Compliance Tabletª is a special 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab® 2 with KellerMobile® app and E-Logs/E-DVIRs on a 4G network. with E-Logs With your subscription to J. J. Keller Encompass™, our KellerMobile® app can be downloaded on drivers' mobile devices. Learn more at jjkellerencompass.com Or call 888-473-4638 Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. 60 PC 105008 Circle 163 on Reader Action Card www.truckinginfo.com DECEMBER 2013 • HDT 19