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A private passenger vehicle is operated by a private motor carrier of passengers which is either business or non-business. There is no compensation of any kind received for the transportation and there is no transportation provided to the public at large.
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A bus designed to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver) and typically built on a small truck chassis
Regulatory Information Motor Carrier's Guide to Improving Highway Safety Maximum driving time for passenger-carrying vehiclesOn December 21, 2006, FMCSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement section 4118 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Section 4118 required FMCSA to issue regulations to "ensure that intermodal equipment...
About 11:36 a.m. on January 5, 2002, a tractor pulling a cargo tank semitrailer departed the plant entrance and the trailer catastrophically failed. This failure occurred in the void area between the first and second tank, and the trailer broke into two pieces.
What causes cargo tank rollovers and how can they be prevented? To prevent cargo tank rollovers, it’s important to understand the reasons they occur. This means dispelling some common misconceptions about why they happen.
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...
Data for this study was drawn from an existing naturalistic database from a vendor of onboard monitoring systems. The research project accomplished the following:
Analyzed voice recordings, made while driving, to determine if there was an objective measure of cognitive distraction....This project was a joint project with the Medical Programs Office. It began with a literature review and evidence report. Then, an expert panel was formed that reviewed the evidence report and reported their findings. The Medical Review Board reviewed these findings and made...
This study used carrier-collected crash data to obtain a more representative picture of how ELDs performed under real-word driving conditions. Second, the analysis was at the truck level; thus, trucks with ELDs were compared to trucks without ELDs (i.e., the Virginia Technical...
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...