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Natural Gas Systems

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...

Development of a Course on Hydrogen Hazard Awareness Training for Commercial Vehicle Drivers

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 Initiative

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...

Development of a Low-Cost Device to Increase Safety Belt Use

Phase II of this SBIR project originally intended to pursue the development and full testing of the shift-interlock device along with a prototype accelerator pedal resistance device and learning curve software. Due to complications with the automatic transmission, the shift-interlock was...

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Advanced System Testing Utilizing a Data Acquisition System on Highways (FAST DASH) Program

This program is established with a 5 year cooperative agreement to conduct three technology evaluation studies using naturalistic driving experimentation. The first study assessed a blindspot object detection and warning system and has been completed. The second study currently underway is...

Wireless Roadside Inspection (WRI) Research Project

The purpose of the WRI field operational test (FOT) was to develop and test a system that could identify commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) and potential registration, hours-of–service, and licensing compliance or safety violations that may have existed. A wireless inspection report would...