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on a truck after it has been parked for the night, is it fair to include this time in 'driving hours'?" That's a current question in New Zealand, where, reports Transport News, the Ministry of Transport has precipitated a shakeout by "blitz proportion enforcement, apparently following a decision that the tired trucker syndrome constitutes a road-safety threat of considerable magnitude".
While conceding that operators may have been foolish not to heed a previous stern warning, the New Zealand journal opines that the in
dustry is nevertheless surprised at the quick-fingered response, when, broadly, it is on the same side as the ministry, perfectly able to sort out differences amicably around the table. "The issues now brought into sharpened focus include definitions of 'driving' and 'driving hours'."
Transport News asks: "Is it time for the tachograph? Or would this merely join the hubodometer as one of the dirty words of trucking?"