The Hours-Of-Service Regulation

1. How might transport vehicles be utilized more effectively? Should crews be scheduled differently on peak days?

I’ve always been in awe of the hard work that truck drivers do, so I never really realized that other people didn’t acknowledge the effort that goes into driving a truck for such long hours. The average American sees semi-trucks as an added danger on the road, something that just gets in their way. They fail to realize that “3.5 million truckers (deliver) 69 percent of the stuff we buy—- $670 billion worth of stuff” (Laskas 253). Without truck drivers on tour highways, every single business in our country would be doomed. There would be no way to efficiently transport goods nationwide. Whether the general populace likes it or not, truck drivers are necessary to our economy, and we need to realize

I was unaware that the law does not require drivers to stop for a predetermined length of time.

Wynona Harris started working in October 2004 as a bus driver trainee for the City of Santa Monica (City). In the course of her 40-day training period, Harris had a “preventable” accident causing minor damages on the bus’s back door glass. As soon as she completed her training and became an at-will employee, her probationary driver status started. She then encountered her second preventable accident. On top of her accidents, Harris had her “miss-out” incidents, where she neglected to call her supervisor at least an hour notice, informing about her absent of her shift. Per City’s regulation, drivers allowed to have at least one or two miss-out annually. However, this may imply a “reliability problem” with the driver.

vehicle collisions yearly, according to Kristof’s projections (Kristof 161). This is exponentially greater than the 30,000 who are killed in car accidents today, after these regulations were

Selective enforcement and a marketing initiative working in concert are means to combat driving under the influence offenses both proactively and preventatively. “Operation After-Afterhours” is an initiative to help fulfill the needs of the public to make wise decisions.

College Athletes Why are professional athletes paid, but collegiate athletes are not? If they get paid, then collegiate athletes should get paid for playing the sport that they play too. Reasons being that if the athlete goes professional in his or her sport they will end up getting paid anyways. Also the National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA makes millions off of these players, and they get nothing. However, some people say that education should be the number one priority of a school.

According to Vila (2006), data through the year 2003 indicated that more officers were killed by “unattended adverse events than during the commission of felonies.” Fatigue resulting from reduced sleep, both in duration and quality, is a significant factor in unintentional injuries and fatalities in the law enforcement community. Two hundred eighty seven (287) of the officers involved in the study reported being involved in a motor vehicle collision during the follow up period. Fatigue and drowsiness resulting from sleep disorders is believed to be a contributing factor in a significant number of these collisions. Across 2009-2010, more than a third of line of duty deaths were attributed to motor vehicle crashes (NLEMF, 2010). Sleepiness and fatigue are major factors in motor vehicle collisions and drivers suffering from excessive sleepiness are not only involved in more collisions, but the collisions are often more serious and result in more severe injuries (Drake, 2010). While, officers involved in the study regarded drowsy driving to be as serious and as dangerous as drunk driving, almost half of the participants reported falling asleep while driving 1-2 times a month due to excessive sleepiness (JAMA, 2011). The loss of only two hours of sleep over just a one week period was found to have the same decrease in performance comparable with individuals after 24 hours of staying awake.

I’d like to start this speech today with a question. How many people have been in a vehicle whether being the driver or a passenger and drove by a stationary emergency vehicle sitting alongside the road? I can attest to driving by as well as being on the side of the road. My father, my grandfather, my uncle, and some of my ideals are alongside the road every single day. My grandfather owns a towing company, I have spent my entire life around emergency responders. So, the Move Over Slow Down Law hits very close to home. An article published by Matt Gray states, “Five firefighters per year, and one law enforcement officer per month are killed due to the violation of the Move Over Law. One tow truck driver is killed every six days due to Move Over violations,” (Gray). I am here today to persuade the audience to move over and slow down for emergency responders alongside the road as well as stranded motorists. People need to be aware of the Move Over Slow Down Law.

A worker’s working time, including overtime, shall not exceed an average of 48 hours for each seven days. It is currently possible for workers to sign a written agreement to opt out of the 48 hour weekly maximum. The agreement to opt out can be ended by the worker giving notice in writing. Under the Working Times Regulations 1998 the length of the notice required to opt out cannot be for a period of less than seven days or more than three months. Health and safety at work act 1974 also impacts on working time and breaks giving both parties time to recharge not being over tired. The employer has a more productive workforce if it they are not over worked.

Serving as First Lady for eight years from 1993 to 2001, senator for eight years from 2001 to 2009, and Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, Hillary Clinton obtained experience at multiple positions making her a valuable candidate for the democratic primary (Hillary Clinton Biography). Even though Clinton has more experience than many other candidates, her past scandals and failures block out the hope for a better future. Hillary Clinton, in each of the three areas she served, accomplished few nominal tasks. Currently, people vote for the party they rigidly support instead of the candidate they think will represent the United States beset. As a result, people only see Hillary Clinton as a candidate that will break history’s pattern of sexism

In order to maintain the quality and high customer satisfaction rate in many service provisions, managing complaint is the essential part which makes no exemption in health and social care setting. There are many statutory frameworks, code of practice and guidance regulating the service provision in health and social care setting.

The American employment laws are designed to foster human dignity and in the process provide employees with various tangible benefits. It is therefore expected for employees to be on the forefront in supporting and adhering to them. Likewise if an organization applies effectively these laws, it can benefit massively from dynamic, healthy, motivated, and productive employees. It therefore goes without saying that managers, just like employees, should promote these laws and thus ensures the organization conforms to them. Generally these laws govern the workplace actions of employers and employees. It ensures a fruitful and legally conducive environment and relationship exists between these two parties, and within employees

Truck driving is very demanding because of the long periods spent away from home and the constant driving for a long time. Also some drivers have to load and unload their cargo. The ATA states that, “Working as a long-haul truck driver is a major lifestyle choice because these drivers can be away from home for days or weeks at a time. They spend much of this time alone. (American Trucking Association)” These truck driver’s lives are not easy. They spend most of their time on the road and alone and most of the time when they reach their destination, they have to unload what is in the trailer. The NAPFTDS says that, “All graduates must be able to demonstrate that they meet federal, state, and local standards as required for professional truck

Most EU law is also introduced into UK law via statutes. European Union directive can be interpreted into domestic law as it is less specific and most European Union influence on UK employment law has been through directives.