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journal news ATA takes agency to court over hours-of-service rule America's Road Team captains for 2013-14 announced A T federal appeals court will hear the American Trucking Associations' case against the hours-of-service rule March 15. ATA and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will present oral arguments before a three-judge panel for the District of Columbia circuit that day. Last December, FMCSA issued a final HOS rule to restrict the restart provision beginning this July. The rule also implemented changes last February regarding on-duty time, penalties and the oilfield exemption. ATA stated the agency misunderstood the science it used to justify mandatory 30-minute breaks be completely off-duty and inadequately informed the public of its decision to apply that rest break to short-haul delivery drivers. The court has not set oral argument time limits yet, but Public Citizen and safety groups also will present their case against the HOS rule March 15. It consolidated ATA's case with litigation filed by these organizations, which sued for the final rule to include greater limits on driver working hours. Intervenors on behalf of ATA include the OwnerOperator Independent Drivers Association, National Industrial Transportation League and the Truckload Carriers Association. – Jill Dunn he American Trucking Associations announced 19 professional truck drivers as 2013-14 America's Road Team captains. As part of the America's Road Team program, the drivers will spend the next Scan the QR two years representing the trucking industry code with your and delivering its highway safety message to smartphone, or the motoring public. The new captains have visit ccjdigital. com/road453 years of experience and more than 30 team-captains million accident-free miles. to see the full "America's Road Team represents the best list of captains. our industry has to offer – pride, professionalism and dedication to making our highways safer for all who travel them," said Bill Graves, ATA president and chief executive officer. "I want to congratulate not just these fine individuals, but all those hardworking drivers who strive every day to deliver America's most essential goods safely and efficiently." "It's an honor to welcome and congratulate the professional drivers who will be serving as captains of the 2013-14 America's Road Team," said Göran Nyberg, Volvo Trucks president, North American sales and marketing. – Jeff Crissey Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info commercial carrier journal Untitled-6 1 CCJ_0213_JOURNAL.indd 11 | february 2013 11 1/15/13 10:14 AM 1/23/13 9:38 AM