Excerpted from CVSA.org
On August 2nd, the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued its rulings on the HOS challenges brought by the American Trucking Associations and the Advocates and Public Citizen. The Court combined the two challenges, which sought to overturn the new HOS rules, albeit, for opposite reasons.
In its ruling, the Court denied both challenges, with one exception – the ruling vacates the 30-minute rest break requirement for short haul truck drivers.
Basically, the rule change requires a 30 minute break after driving for 8 hours. The court decided the rule stands, but it will not apply to short-haul drivers, those that do not go further than a 100 air mile radius.