United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
2020-01-01
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This guide highlights the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) role in enforcement and in collecting and analyzing crash data and statistics to support its mission to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. Sections include: The Motor Carrier Management Information System; Large trucks and buses overview;
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2019-12-01
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This report summarizes the results of the 2018 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey. This annual survey measures the percentage of commercial driver’s license (CDL) drivers who test positive for controlled substances (herein referred to as drugs) and/or alcohol, as a result of random and non-random (i.
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2019-11-01
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The objective of this study was to determine the safety efficacy of current Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) visual performance standards for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers. The research team procured a dataset from a third-party provider (TPP) that included all vision-related data obtained during Department of Transporta
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The overall objective of the current study is to determine the safety efficacy of current FMCSA visual performance standards, and the availability and efficacy of additional tests used to measure visual performance components essential for safe CMV driving. Researchers conducted a comprehensive literature review and interviewed eight medical expert
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This study addressed several questions related to the visual requirements for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers, including: Is monocular vision associated with an increased crash risk? Do red-green color deficiencies increase crash risk? Is visual field loss associated with an increase in crash risk? Is visual acuity worse than 20/40 associate
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This document describes a plan for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to promote wider deployment of SmartPark systems. A SmartPark system is a system that provides truck drivers with real-time parking information. The plan maps out barriers to deployment, including financial, institutional, technical, and user-acceptance considerations,
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
2019-06-01
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SmartPark is a system that disseminates real-time parking availability information to truck drivers. Several States have launched pilot programs, but widespread deployment has been slow. Because SmartPark is expected to improve compliance with hours-of-service regulations and aid in safe, legal parking, its use aligns with the Federal Motor Carrier
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in cooperation with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), uses a quantitative model to measure the effectiveness of motor carrier interventions in terms of estimated crashes prevented, injuries prevented, and lives saved. The model, documented in this report, is kn
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2019-03-01
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The Carrier Intervention Effectiveness Model (CIEM) provides the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with a tool for measuring the safety benefits of carrier interventions conducted under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) enforcement program. The CSA program includes an array of carrier intervention types that replace the
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2019-01-01
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This report summarizes the results of the 2017 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey. This annual survey measures the percentage of commercial driver’s license (CDL) drivers who test positive for controlled substances (herein referred to as drugs) and/or alcohol, as a result of random and non-random (i.
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
2018-08-18
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This guide highlights the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) role in enforcement and in collecting and analyzing crash data and statistics to support its mission to prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. Sections include: The Motor Carrier Management Information System; Large trucks and buses overview;
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This report summarizes findings from a re-examination of 411 tanks that were relocated of 532 previously examined anhydrous ammonia (NH3) nurse tanks using the single-beam side-angle ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation method. There were 532 tanks examined previously in phase II of this research (conducted in 2012). In comparison to the earlier st
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2018-07-01
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This brief documents findings from the third phase of a multi-year research effort related to nurse tank safety. Reports detailing findings from the first two phases of this research were published in 2013. Phase III of this research (this study) was designed to: - Re-examine ultrasonic indications of stress corrosion cracks (SCCs) and other weld d
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2018-05-01
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In 2000, the National Transportation Safety Board recommended that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) create a guide to inform truck drivers about locations and availability of parking. In 2002, the Federal Highway Administration completed a congressionally mandated study on the adequacy of truck parking facilities. The study u
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The purpose of FMCSA's SmartPark project was to determine the feasibility of a technology for providing truck parking space availability information in real time to truckers on the road. SmartPark consisted of two phases. Phase I was a field operations test to determine the accuracy and reliability of a technology for counting truck parking space a
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2018-05-01
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On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America's (FMCSA) works to reduce crashes, injuries, and Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) fatalities involving large trucks and buses. (Pub. L. 114-94) established the Innovative The ITD program is a key component of FMCSA's Technology Deployment (ITD) Grant Program, drive to improve commercial motor vehic
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2018-04-01
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The Carrier Intervention Effectiveness Model (CIEM) provides the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with a tool for measuring the safety benefits of carrier interventions conducted under the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) enforcement program. The CSA program includes an array of carrier intervention types that replace the
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in cooperation with the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe), has developed a quantitative model to measure the effectiveness of motor carrier interventions in terms of estimated crashes prevented, injuries prevented, and lives saved. The model, documented in this repo
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The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) reviewed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to identify compliance and enforcement challenges related to the operation of automated commercial vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. Volpe found several provisions in the FMCSRs that might present challenges for automated CM
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2018-03-01
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In section 5517 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, (FAST Act; P.L. 114-94) Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to prepare a report on minimum levels of financial responsibility requirements for the transportation of property pursuant to 49 U.S.C 31139 and make it publicly accessible on the Internet no later than Janua
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