Delaying Truck Drivers * USA - DeFazio Targets Shippers

Bill would require regulating detention time with penalties for excessive delay

Washington,DC,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by William B. Cassidy -Feb 18, 2011: -- Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., wants shippers to speed truck drivers through their gates or pay the consequences for excessive detention time during loading or unloading... The Oregon Democrat introduced a bill Feb. 17 that would require the Department of Transportation to regulate how long truckers may be detained at docks... The bill, H.R. 756, would require the DOT to study the issue and establish a maximum number of hours drivers may be detained by shippers... The legislation would require shippers to pay drivers and carriers for detention... DeFazio's bill follows a Government Accountability Office report that found 80 percent of drivers detained had trouble complying with hours of service rules...