The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Friday temporarily rolled back regulations placed on truck drivers as a means of speeding up the delivery of essential goods to Americans across the country.
People have been purchasing essential goods, like food, water, and paper goods, at an unprecedented rate as a result of the Wuhan coronavirus. Because of that, the FMCSA suspended a trucking safety law that mandated drivers are on the road for only 11 hours in a 14-hour work period, Business Insider reported. They are then required to be off for 10 hours. The law was originally put into place in 1938.
Since the coronavirus outbreak began, there has been an upward tick in purchasing. Just since March 7th the increase across the board included:
A 228 percent increase in the purchase of hand sanitizer.
Medications for colds, coughs and the flu spiked to 198 percent.
Toilet paper jumped 186 percent.
Canned foods rose to 69 percent
Gloves and masks jumped 817 percent.
According to the America Trucking Associations, this kind of change will be vital during the outbreak.
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