Rules that control drive time for truckers set to be relaxed

OPAL, Va. (AP) — Truck driver Lucson Francois was forced to hit the brakes just five minutes from his home in Pennsylvania.He'd reached the maximum number of hours in a day he's allowed to be on duty. Francois couldn't leave the truck unattended. So he parked and climbed into the sleeper berth in the back of the cab. Ten hours would have to pass before he could start driving again."You don't want even a one-minute violation," said Francois, a 39-year-old Haitian immigrant, recalling his di