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To support efforts to define uniform interstate inspection, repair, and maintenance processes and procedures for commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) equipped with automated driving systems (ADS).
Background:The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)...
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To Evaluate the effectiveness of the NAFMP in regard to: 1) educating truck and bus drivers to modify their behaviors to remedy various potential sources of fatigue, and 2) meeting the needs of drivers’ employers, including fleet...
To assess the safety implications of allowing certain commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) with hazardous materials and buses to proceed through railroad grade crossings without stopping or slowing (rather than stopping all the time).
Background:49 CFR Section 392.10...
This report comprises a review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) as they may apply to automated commercial vehicles.
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The goals of this study are to: (1) understand the impact of maintenance on safety-based crashes; (2) develop an operational definition of systematic maintenance; (3) evaluate the effect of current...
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To study existing literature on the efficacy of truck lateral protective devices (LPDs), also known as side guards, designed to reduce pedestrian and pedalcyclist fatalities.
Background:
According to the...
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The goal of this project is to determine a potential program to provide carriers with credit for implementing safety programs above and beyond minimum safety compliance, as well as to study the safety and enforcement impacts of changes...