United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2018-01-01
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This report summarizes the results of the 2016 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
2017-12-01
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The study was conducted through a combination of analyses and tests with a double-decker motorcoach. State transportation safety and law enforcement officials were consulted, and the study plan was revised according to their comments. An exemplar motorcoach, a Van Hool TD925, was examined under three loading conditions: a reference condition with b
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The Roadside Inspection and Traffic Enforcement programs are two of FMCSA’s most powerful safety tools. By continually examining the results of these programs, FMCSA can ensure that they are being executed effectively and are producing the desired safety benefits. Results for individual States can be examined and compared to provide guidance on how
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University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute
2017-08-01
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This study estimated a significant amount of underreporting to the MCMIS crash file by the States, for the carriers who cooperated in the study. For the study carriers, it appears that the MCMIS file contained about 66 percent of their reportable crashes. Several sources of underreporting were identified. Arranging them in the chronological order o
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This FMCSA-sponsored research investigated the claim that motor carriers have a substantial number of crashes in their own records that are not contained in the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) crash file. Based on the results of that investigation, this report presents estimates of the degree of underreporting to the file. Crash
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2017-07-18
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In an effort to improve commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety and reduce the overall paperwork burden for both motor carriers and drivers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rule Making (SNPRM) on March 28, 2014 to require the use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) within the motor
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Section 5510 of Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) required the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study on the effects of attaching a luggage compartment to the rear of a double-decker motorcoach, with respect to safety of vehicle operations, fire suppression capability, tire loads, and pavement impacts. This report
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
2017-06-01
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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
2017-06-01
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On December 4, 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, 2015 (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114-94) established the Innovative Technology Deployment (ITD) Grant Program, replacing the long-standing Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Deployment Grant Program, effective October 1, 2016. This change included the consolidati
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2017-06-01
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This report summarizes the results of the 2015 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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The Heavy and Overweight Vehicle Brake Testing (HOVBT) program exists in order to provide information about the effect of gross vehicle weight (GVW) and on braking performance testing included service brake stopping distance tests, constant-pressure stopping distance tests, and performance-based brake tests. Tests were performed for various combina
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in coordination with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), sponsored the Heavy and Overweight Vehicle Brake Testing (HOVBT) program in order to provide information about the effect of gross vehicle weight (GVW) on braking performance. This testing was conducted on a five-axle combination
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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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In 2015, 32,166 fatal crashes took place on our Nation’s roadways, with 11.2 percent (3,598) involving at least one large truck (see Figure 1). This report examines the various ways of looking at fatal crashes and presents a variety of crash rates based on the 2015 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2017-04-01
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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 repor
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2017-03-01
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The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 directed the U.S. Department of Transportation to conduct a naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts of the two hours-of-service (HOS) provisions. Under the new restart rule that went into effect on July 1, 2013, if commercial motor vehicle (CMV) dr
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A congressionally-mandated naturalistic study was conducted to evaluate the operational, safety, fatigue, and health impacts of the restart provisions in Sections 395.3(c) and 395.3(d) of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. A total of 235 commercial motor vehicle drivers representative of the industry contributed data while working their normal
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The 2005 Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) was the first-ever national study to attempt to determine the critical reasons and associated factors that contribute to serious large truck crashes. The LTCCS defines “critical reason” as the reason for the event that immediately led to the crash. Utilizing data from the LTCCS, this analysis exami
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This report provides a broad overview of drug and alcohol usage among large truck and bus drivers for 2011–13. Data sources for the overview are: testing results from motor carrier drug testing programs, roadside inspections on large trucks and buses, and fatal crash reports collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). I
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