NAII: New Trucker Rules Won't Impact Rates

By Michael Ha

NU Online News Service, Jan. 5, 4 :25 p.m. EST

The new federal regulation, which went into effect this past Sunday, offers commercial truck drivers a work and rest schedule that is more in line with a natural sleep-awake rhythm, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Drivers will be allowed to drive longer stretches, 11 hours instead of 10, but will have to rest longer between breaks, 10 hours instead of eight.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.