Tax groups cheer new trucking rule, to save $274M

Sep 03, 2019 at 03:50 PM CST
A tweak to rules governing the time truckers must rest is winning cheers from tax reform and conservative groups because it could save consumers $274 million. Led by Americans for Tax Reform, a coalition of 12 free-market organizations backed the changes for commercial drivers in a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The proposed rule would change how truckers take 30-minute breaks and give them more flexibility to meet the requirements. “The proposed rule provides common sense revisions to the existing regulations such as allowing drivers to apply the 30-minute break rule while drivers are in 'on duty, not driving’ status rather than ‘off duty status,'” said the letter.

Sep 03, 2019 at 03:50 PM CST

A tweak to rules governing the time truckers must rest is winning cheers from tax reform and conservative groups because it could save consumers $274 million. Led by Americans for Tax Reform, a coalition of 12 free-market organizations backed the changes for commercial drivers in a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The proposed rule would change how truckers take 30-minute breaks and give them more flexibility to meet the requirements. “The proposed rule provides common sense revisions to the existing regulations such as allowing drivers to apply the 30-minute break rule while drivers are in 'on duty, not driving’ status rather than ‘off duty status,'” said the letter.