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Feds move to help truckers pressured to violate safety regs

Posted on May 21, 2014
Benjamin Goad
The Hill
May 21, 2014
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) moved Monday to crack down on trucking firms who press their drivers to skirt safety rules. 

The proposed rule is the latest in a series of steps by the Obama administration to tamp down on dangerous practices in the trucking industry. 

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