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Research Project

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Hazardous Material Safety Permit (HMSP) Program Improvements

The project team performed a program evaluation of all aspects of the HMSP program. It produced a detailed draft final report on all aspects of the evaluation that enabled FMCSA to meet the above goals. A Federal Register Notice was published in August 2015 implementing policy changes that revised...

Driver Distraction: Eye Glance Analysis and Conversation Workload

Data for this study was drawn from an existing naturalistic database from a vendor of onboard monitoring systems. The research project accomplished the following:

Analyzed voice recordings, made while driving, to determine if there was an objective measure of cognitive distraction....

Effects of Detention Times on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue

Long detention or waiting times could adversely affect CMV driver fatigue. This research effort was designed to better understand the nature of this problem and to develop strategies or regulations to mitigate driver risks. The intent of the study was to seek objective measures of...

Effectiveness of Fostering Safety Culture in Motor Carriers

This project demonstrated that it was possible for small new entrant motor carriers to foster adoption of a safety culture via training and testing. Upon completing the training and testing program, new entrant carriers exhibited a number of improvements, including reduced number of safety...