TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- New federal regulations will soon have truck drivers spending less time on roadways.
The regulations will take affect in less than a month.
Busines owners are saying it will affect their bottom line as well as the drivers pockets.
Starting in July, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will require commercial truck drivers to take mandatory 30 minute breaks after eight hours of driving.
There are several other new regulations that will affect the progress of companies' production.
We spoke to Tommy Thomas an official from the Florida Trucking Association and he says the new regulations may take a toll on the drivers.
"With these regulations you reduce six percent of their productivity. So to recapture that, six percent of the productivity, you will have to add more drivers to do that," says Thomas.
Tommy Thomas says the new regulations could also affect truck drivers income.
