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The project developed materials, guidelines, standards, and processes to enable a motor carrier to implement a comprehensive and effective FMP. Elements of the FMP addressed corporate culture, education and training, sleep disorder screening and treatment, scheduling and tools, and...
This effort was organized into four structured process sequences, including: analysis; training design; training development; and possible future pilot testing. The first three sequences were funded as Phase I of the project. The effort began with a job task analysis to identify new items that...
To develop low-cost wireless transmission technologies to transmit trailer vehicle identification numbers (VINs) to the tractor and enable the tractor to keep track dynamically of the VIN stack and order of the trailer(s) attached to it.
CSTIMS was Web-based software-as-a-service that allowed jurisdictional motor vehicle administrators to use an electronic, automated system to manage CDL skills testing. The system provided the ability to register testing organizations, record information pertinent to examiners (e.g.,...
Findings from past research were used to develop a set of IBSS performance specifications that were “outcome-based” relative to the system’s ability to determine defects from a given group of real-world vehicles.
The NSTSCE steering committee meets biannually to review surface transportation safety research needs. FMCSA will provide input into the commercial vehicle operations study that will help further its safety mission.
In 2013 there were about 4,600 heavy-duty trucks, 5,800 medium-duty trucks, and over 20,000 transit buses operating on natural gas. However, the FMCSRs regarding natural gas had not been updated. Examples of changes needed were the labeling of vehicles, height clearance...
Instructional materials were developed from the instructional design guide for use in classroom training. These materials included an instructor's handbook, a student's handbook, PowerPoint presentation slides, charts, film or video clips, hands-on exercises, and a combustible gas detector...
Smart Roadside is currently a mode-specific item in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Strategic Research Plan, 201014. However, it is a multimodal initiative that includes not only FMCSA and FHWA, but also the National Highway Traffic Safety...