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On the recordApril 27, 2010
Your organization also contends that the hours-of-service rule that was adopted in 2003 is unsafe, and yet the rate of fatalities and injuries and crashes that involve large trucks steadily declining.
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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Senator Thune questions the safety of the hours-of-service rule despite declining crash rates.

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