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To develop and demonstrate a less expensive, easily applied, and more effective blended curriculum incorporating multimedia electronic learning along with group sessions to reinforce and convince new entrants to adopt a safety culture. This will build on lessons learned from the 2010-12...
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...
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...
OBMS devices (provided by SmartDrive), were installed on approximately 200 vehicles across two commercial trucking fleets and two bus companies.
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The FMCSA monitors and ensures compliance with regulations governing both safety (all carriers) and commerce (for-hire carriers). Companies may find they are subject to both registration requirements-USDOT Number and MC Number-or either one separately.
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...
Between 2007 and 2009, FMCSA awarded two contracts for field operational tests (FOTs) of two separate technologies: video imaging (with trip-line algorithm) and magnetometry (with threshold algorithm). Test results showed that video imaging did not meet the performance requirements at nighttime...