Trucking news and briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023:
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking approval from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget for a proposed information collection titled “Impact of Driver Detention Time on Safety and Operations.”
The study would collect data on commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver detention time within the major segments of the trucking industry, analyze that data to determine the frequency and severity of detention time, and assess the utility of existing intelligent transportation systems (ITS) to measure detention time.
FMCSA estimates that approximately 80 carriers and 2,500 drivers will provide data in the study.
“The study will provide a better understanding of the impact of driver detention time on driver safety and CMV operations and inform strategies that may be used to mitigate driver detention time,” the agency said.
[Related: How to turn up the heat on detention]
For the purposes of the study, FMCSA is considering any time spent at a shipping or receiving facility beyond two hours as detention time.
