Truckers hauling cattle need better rules for 10-hour break.

Nov 28, 2019 at 06:50 AM CST
Sometimes, livestock must stay in the truck for ten extra hours to wait for the driver’s mandatory sleep break – even if their destination is 60 miles away. Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and Angie Craig (D-MN) want to change this. They have introduced a bipartisan bill, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination Act, in the House. Smucker understands farmers and ranchers’ concerns, having been born and raised on a family-owned Amish farm in Pennsylvania. Smucker was one of 12 children.

Nov 28, 2019 at 06:50 AM CST

Sometimes, livestock must stay in the truck for ten extra hours to wait for the driver’s mandatory sleep break – even if their destination is 60 miles away. Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and Angie Craig (D-MN) want to change this. They have introduced a bipartisan bill, the Responsible & Efficient Agriculture Destination Act, in the House. Smucker understands farmers and ranchers’ concerns, having been born and raised on a family-owned Amish farm in Pennsylvania. Smucker was one of 12 children.