Changes to hours of service waiver

<p><strong>LLN (6/11/20) –</strong> The FMCSA has extended the emergency order offering hours of service relief to truckers hauling relief supplies during the pandemic. However, it also has modified it. Meanwhile, the agency makes a temporary change in some drug testing rules. Also, a California county may let voters decide on a sales tax to support transportation, while a local gas tax gets consideration in Montana. And as truckers become accustomed to the new boundaries of the COVID-19 hours of service exemptions, two sections of that order are creating confusion. We’ll explain what those orders say and how you should use them.</p> <p>0:00 – Newscast.</p> <p>9:43 – Emergency order extended; drug testing changes; autonomous vehicles.</p> <p>24:06 – California local sales tax for roads; Montana local gas tax.</p> <p>38:34 – Misquoted sections of emergency order.</p>