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New Entrant Safety Assurance Program Brochure

New Entrant Safety Assurance Programs affect U.S. and Canada-based motor carriers. New Entrant is a motor carrier not domiciled in Mexico that applies for a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) identification number, in order to initiate operations in interstate commerce. For...

Civil Fines and Motor Carrier Safety

.auto-style1 { text-align: center; } Goal: To assess the effectiveness of existing settlement approaches and to identify which approaches are most likely to change/improve non-compliant motor carrier and driver behaviors. Background: FMCSA has identified numerous questions related to...

Study of Truck Side Guards to Reduce Pedestrian Fatalities

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Goal:

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...