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Safety

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Work Zones Safety Tips

On average, over 700 fatalities occur in work zones each year. Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and passenger vehicle drivers both need to be particularly careful while traveling through work zones. Trucks and buses have limited maneuverability and large blind spots, both of which make operating in...

2017 Kids' Art Contest Results

Fourth grader Lynn Sun from Livingston, NJ, and second grader Avni Choudepally, from Morrisville, NC, won top honors for their artwork that demonstrate that everyone who uses the roads has a role to play in safety. This includes large trucks and buses, cars, bicyclists and pedestrians...

AAMVA ENS Design and Best Practices Recommendation

Overview

AAMVA produced the Best Practices Guide for ENS for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) under grant/cooperative agreement number FM-CDL-0143-13-01-03.  Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s...