PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: PennDOT granted a waiver to transit agencies on Tuesday that allows drivers to ignore a state law preventing them from working marathon shifts.
The one-year waiver gives PennDOT and transit officials time to lobby legislators to change rules, PennDOT spokeswoman Erin Waters-Trasatt said. It requires agencies to log drivers’ hours and crashes and, after six months, to impose work time limits that are less stringent than existing law.
“Complying with the current regulations would have some serious service and financial impacts,” Waters-Trasatt said… (more)
