10-Hr. Trucking

To guard against dangerous pilot fatigue, the Bureau of Air Commerce forbids airline pilots to fly scheduled planes more than 1,000 hours a year, 100 hours a month, 30 hours a week or eight hours in every 24. If any pilot exceeds these maximums, he is fined $500. Last week a parallel regulation for truck drivers was underscored as Magistrate's Court in Flushing, L. I. brought in the first conviction under a new State law forbidding truck drivers to drive more than ten hours in any consecutive 14. The culprit was one Joseph Simon. Inspector Samuel Sussman of the Department of Markets trailed Driver Simon on a 16-hr. trip with only three brief stops from Long Island City to Pottsville, Pa. and back. Declaring that the law's prime purpose was to stop the practice, not punish the offender, Magistrate Marvin gave Driver Simon a suspended sentence.

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