与其他美国行业相比，根据职业安全与健康管理局汇编的数据，农业的死亡率最高。在2011年，死亡率接近每10万名工人，比普通工人高7倍。此外，适用于商用车运营商的安全规则（例如运营时间法规）并不总是适用于农业卡车。
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Most Agricultural Trucks Are Exempt From Using Electronic Logging Devices
联邦汽车安全管理局提出了几项法规，以提高美国卡车运输行业的安全性和效率。就在最近，政府开始要求在州际商务中使用的商用车安装电子伐木设备或ELDS，以跟踪位置，加速，制动，里程和运营时间。
The ELD requirement is part of Federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations for truckers, which are meant to save both lives and money. The use of ELD’s is expected to save trucking companies $1.6 billion per year in fuel and administrative costs. These savings will easily offset the installation fees, which range from $200 to $2,000, and monthly servicing fees that can reach $60 per month. According to a 2013 FMCSA study, trucks equipped with ELD have an 11.7 percent lower crash rate and could save an estimated 26 lives per year.
The Department of Transportation has issued a series of waivers that exempt agricultural carriers from compliance with HOS rules. This means that the use of ELDs is not mandatory for transporters of agricultural commodities as defined in federal regulations. The waiver for compliance with the ELD requirement applies to most livestock, non-processed food, and insect transporters, so long as they operate on short hauls.
农业卡车何时需要遵守HOS规则？
After hearing the voices of the public and the lobbyists of the trucking and agricultural industries, the FMCSA determined that agricultural trucks that operate within a 150-mile radius of their base are exempt from HOS regulations. Once the truck leaves the 150-mile radius, the exemption ends, but it resumes once the trucks return into the radius.
The origin of the trip is considered the first point where the truck is loaded with agricultural commodities. Subsequent stops to load or offloads cargo do not “reset” the trip unless all commodities are offloaded, at which point a new load may be put on the truck for a separate HOS-exempt trip within a 150-mile radius measured from the new loading point. HOS rules apply again at any point “non-exempt freight or products are added to the load.”
150英里规则的例外涉及个人运输，这意味着商用车为驾驶员使用的任何里程所付出的任何里程。个人运输工具的例子包括驾驶员下班后驾驶卡车到家里，或“花在附近，合理，安全的位置，在装载或卸货后获得所需的休息。”为了计算HOS规则豁免，个人运输行驶里程没有添加到150英里半径中。
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