Carriers Say Hours Rules, Traffic Hurt Driver Retention

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AN DIEGO — Federal hours-of-service rules are making it difficult to retain truck drivers, said Patrick Quinn, president of truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc.

img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>Quinn, who also is the chairman of American Trucking Associations, said several of his sleeper teams had quit because they were having trouble adjusting to new rules requiring an eight-hour rest period if a driver decided to split off-duty time, he said.

“Traditionally, drivers would sleep five hours and drive five. But now they have to stay eight hours in the sleeper,” Quinn said during a panel discussion here at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ annual meeting Oct. 24.

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