Gas And Diesel Truckers Can Now Work 16 Hours A Day So We Can Have ‘Cheaper’ Gas
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The latest news on oil is bad. Not only are stores beginning to ration motor oil, but gas prices are rocketing towards that record high average price per gallon Americans paid back in 2022. To help put any sort of plug in the sinking ship that is the current gas and diesel supply, Washington is giving the truckers who transport those essential fuels the gift of longer days.
In U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's own words delivered Wednesday, the Department is temporarily adding "flexibility to its hours of service rules," which means truck drivers who explicitly transport fuels like gas and diesel can now drive up to 16 hours a day for the next 90 days. Prior to this new "flex," transport driv...









