{"id":26662,"date":"2020-07-22T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofleet.com\/?p=26662"},"modified":"2023-10-04T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T14:36:24","slug":"revisions-to-fmcsa-federal-hours-of-service-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofleet.com\/revisions-to-fmcsa-federal-hours-of-service-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisions To FMCSA Federal Hours Of Service Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the recent weeks the trucking industry has been praised for being a key component to the economy. As it employs over seven million people and moves approximately 70% of the nation\u2019s domestic freight, many have found that during an <\/span>unprecedented time<\/span><\/a>, it was truly an essential industry. With this being said, to help allow the commercial transportation to keep moving some modifications to regulations and rules have been made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hours Of Service Modifications\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

On May 14, 2020, the FMCSA announced that there would be upcoming changes to the Federal Hours of Service Rules for commercial driving. Such updates are expected to modernize the HOS regulations and provide the U.S. economy as well as American consumers an estimated $274 million in annualized savings. The revisions were previously discussed and reviewed by the FMCSA in August of 2019. Below are the four main revisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n