Regulation Expanding Truckers' Working Hours Is Stricken

On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit invalidated a Bush administration regulation that relaxed limitations on the working hours of truck drivers, holding that the regulatory changes lacked adequate justification. Owner-Operatore Independent Drivers Assocation, Inc. v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (DC Cir. 2007) __ F3d. __. In 2005, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration increased the maximum driving hours of truck drivers from 60 to 77 over 7 consecutive days, and from 70 to 88 hours over any 8 day period. The change had been made in response to a similar appellate ruling issued in 2004.

[Hat tip: Public Citizen]