Onboard Monitoring System Field Operational Test
OBMS devices (provided by SmartDrive), were installed on approximately 200 vehicles across two commercial trucking fleets and two bus companies.
Safety
Legacy ID
391
North American Fatigue Management Program
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...
Motorcoach Model Curriculum
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...
National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence Projects
The NSTSCE steering committee meets biannually to review surface transportation safety research needs. FMCSA will provide input into the commercial vehicle operations study that will help further its safety mission.
Development of a Course on Hydrogen Hazard Awareness Training for Commercial Vehicle Drivers
Instructional materials were developed from the instructional design guide for use in classroom training. These materials included an instructor's handbook, a student's handbook, PowerPoint presentation slides, charts, film or video clips, hands-on exercises, and a combustible gas detector...
Smart Roadside Initiative
Smart Roadside is currently a mode-specific item in the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Strategic Research Plan, 201014. However, it is a multimodal initiative that includes not only FMCSA and FHWA, but also the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Development of a Low-Cost Device to Increase Safety Belt Use
Phase II of this SBIR project originally intended to pursue the development and full testing of the shift-interlock device along with a prototype accelerator pedal resistance device and learning curve software. Due to complications with the automatic transmission, the shift-interlock was...
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Onboard Safety Systems
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) tasked Virginia Technical Transportation Institute (VTTI) to study the effectiveness of three OBSSs (i.e., FCW, LDW, and RSC) by analyzing crash data from more than 14 truck fleets that traveled more than 13 billion miles and...
Study of the Impact of a Telematics System on Safe and Fuel-efficient Driving in Trucks
A Baltimore-based motor carrier fleet volunteered 46 new Volvo trucks, each equipped with Volvo Link and Green Roads Technology, for the FOT. Volvo Link Technology gathered "fuel economy" data. Green Roads Technology gathered "safety" data (data on when and where hard braking, sudden...
Nine Classes of Hazardous Materials (Yellow Visor Card)
A visor card guide for state and local law enforcement officials illustrating vehicle placarding and signage for the following nine classes of hazardous materials: 1) Explosives, 2) Gases, 3) Flammable Liquid and Combustible Liquid, 4) Flammable Solid, Spontanaeously Combustible and...