Safety
Legacy ID
391
Refine Non-Destructive Testing to Improve Nurse Tank Safety, Phase III
This research supported a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommended rulemaking by PHMSA to address non-destructive testing of nurse tanks. It sought to refine the recommendations for 1) non-destructive testing of nurse tanks, and 2) nurse tank manufacturing requirements....
Performance-Based Testing of Driving Skills/Capabilities
This study involved four parts: (1) a literature review on the current research of the risks of older drivers and associated data; (2) an analysis of Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) data to retrieve crashes and Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) data to...
Instructional Design Guides for Inspecting Electric and Hybrid-Electric Commercial Motor Vehicles
GoalTo provide safety guidelines to commercial vehicle enforcement officers and inspectors when examining electric and hybrid-electric commercial vehicles for compliance.BackgroundElectric and hybrid-electric commercial vehicles have been in use for over a decade. However, the Federal Motor Carrier...FMCSA Proposes National Training Standards for Entry-Level Truck and Bus Drivers
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today proposed a set of comprehensive national prerequisite training standards for entry-level commercial truck and bus operators seeking to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL). The Notice of...
FMCSA Estimates Truck, Bus Safety Roadside Inspections and Traffic Enforcement Activities Saved Nearly 500 Lives in 2012
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released an annual analysis that estimates that commercial vehicle roadside safety inspection and traffic enforcement programs saved 472 lives in 2012. Since 2001, these programs...