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FAST DASH Safety Technology Evaluation Project #2: Driver Monitoring

The second FMCSA's Advanced System Testing utilizing a Data Acquisition System on the Highways (FAST DASH) program evaluation involved a controlled test on the Virginia Smart Road and a naturalistic field test with a CMV fleet. The evaluated monitoring technology varied significantly from...

Driver Fatigue and Distraction Monitoring and Warning System, Phase I

GoalTo provide innovative, practical, fast, and reliable detection of driver fatigue and distraction under a wide variety of operating conditions.BackgroundFatigue and distraction are among the major risk factors associated with commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes. The effects of fatigue on...

FMCSA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Each year, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) allocates a percentage of its extramural research and development funding to small businesses that submit proposals for innovative projects designed to address national transportation challenges. This program—the Small Business Innovation...

CMV Driver Restart Study - Study Plan

The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (The Act) directed FMCSA to conduct a CMV Driver Restart Study. This study plan outlines the scope and methodology as required by Sec. 133 (d) of The Act. Congress directed that within 90 days of enactment of the Act, “the...

Work Zone Safety Research and Technology Initiatives

Goal To deploy technologies aimed at mitigating heavy truck crashes in work zones by facilitating Federal, State, and industry stakeholder collaboration and funding State deployment of work zone safety technologies via the Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD) Grant Program. Background...

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Restart Study

The study compared 5-month work schedules and assessed SCEs (e.g., crashes, near-crashes, and crash-relevant conflicts), operator fatigue/alertness, and short-term health outcomes among CMV drivers operating under a 1-night rest period versus drivers operating under a rest period with 2 or more...