Many parts of the trucking industry have expressed concern over the potential safety implications of the new sleeper berth rule. This data collection effort provides a great opportunity for carriers to share their safety experience under this new sleeper berth rule to see how it compares with the previous, more flexible rule. The analysis of this data could form the basis of an argument for change.

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We do support the city of Orr's concern for safety, ... But we're still in the research mode here. Just because a law is passed doesn't mean that the local police or other law enforcement are capable of enforcing it. We don't know if we have enforceability yet. We're hoping it's something that the railroad will work out with the city of Orr rather than becoming an adversarial relationship.

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Public safety is our primary concern,

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The initial stages of our investigation indicate there isn't a public-safety concern. At this point, we're just doing everything we can to be prudent.

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Obviously it was something that caused them concern and a bit of distress, and obviously they feared for their safety at that point and felt that it was best to get away,

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