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The Volpe team will provide technical support for planning, data analysis, simulation, demonstration, and test and independent evaluation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), automated driving systems (ADS), and cooperative driving automation (...
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The overall goal of the project is to develop, demonstrate and fully document the specifications and procedures for an automated and objective on-road driving performance evaluation procedure that can be applied to automated driving...
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This effort supports the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA’s) Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Evaluation (ACE) Program. This support contract allows FMCSA to: 1) store and properly maintain its three Class 8 test tractors and trailers at the U...
The objectives of this project are to 1) collect data on commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver detention time that is representative of the major segments of the motor carrier industry and analyze it to determine the frequency and severity of detention time, 2) assess the...
This project will study the impacts of various driver compensation methods on overall safety and retention rates through expert briefings, data gathering, and possibly case studies or interviews with relevant industry and academic experts.
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The first objective of the project is to evaluate the safety of deaf and hard of hearing commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers by determining the crash rates of such drivers. The second objective is to identify and document procedures and recommendations that can be safely and...
To further research on the variability of brake performance in Automated Driving System (ADS) CMV operations. FY2020 research proposes to test a minimum of two FMCSA (SAE Level 2) tractor trailer combinations to provide a new dataset of brake performance data to ADS technology...
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To develop a causal model that will identify the potential changes to CMV drivers' roles under different Level 4 and Level 5 automation scenarios, and how current FMCSA policies and regulations may or may not be affected.
Background:Automation offers an...
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To conduct a study and obtain data to determine whether there is a correlation between limited English proficiency and commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety.
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Title 49 CFR 391.11(a) and (b)(...
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This project examined the risk of seizure recurrence for individuals who have or have had unprovoked seizures, provoked seizures, a seizure caused by stroke, epilepsy, and surgery for epilepsy.
BackgroundA Federal Motor Carrier...