{"id":7828,"date":"2020-03-16T07:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T11:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivercheck.net\/wp\/?p=7828"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:36:08","slug":"emergency-modifications-to-hos-regs-amidst-covid-19-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/emergency-modifications-to-hos-regs-amidst-covid-19-outbreak","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Modifications to HOS Regs Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7435\" src=\"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fotolia_16576187_XL-truck-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fotolia_16576187_XL-truck-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fotolia_16576187_XL-truck-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Fotolia_16576187_XL-truck-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>The FMCSA has issued a national emergency declaration to provide HOS relief to commercial vehicle drivers who are transporting critical resources in response to the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19).<\/p>\n<p>The declaration provides for regulatory relief for commercial motor vehicle operations directly supporting emergency relief efforts intended to meet immediate needs, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Food<\/strong> \u2013 for emergency restocking of store\/grocery stores<\/li>\n<li><strong>Equipment, supplies and personnel<\/strong> \u2013 for creation and management of temporary housing and quarantine facilities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medical supplies<\/strong> \u2013 equipment related to testing, diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19<\/li>\n<li><strong>People<\/strong> \u2013 designated by authorities for transport needed for medical, isolation or quarantine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Personnel<\/strong> \u2013 needed to provide medical or other emergency services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The emergency declaration also states that truckers must receive a minimum of 10 hours off-duty if transporting property, and eight hours if transporting passengers, once they have completed their respective delivery for products, services, or passengers as noted above.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the FMSCA website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmcsa.dot.gov\/emergency\/emergency-declaration-under-49-cfr-ss-39023-no-2020-002\">https:\/\/www.fmcsa.dot.gov\/emergency\/emergency-declaration-under-49-cfr-ss-39023-no-2020-002<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FMCSA has issued a national emergency declaration to provide HOS relief to commercial vehicle drivers who are transporting critical resources in response to the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19). The declaration provides for regulatory relief for commercial motor vehicle operations directly supporting emergency relief efforts intended to meet immediate needs, such as: Food \u2013 for emergency [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[223,125],"tags":[344,345,241,346],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7969,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7828\/revisions\/7969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}