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  • Schedule II Opioids and Stimulants CMV Crash Risk and Driver Performance Evidence Report and Systematic Review
    Schedule II Opioids and Stimulants & CMV Crash Risk and Driver Performance: Evidence Report and Systematic Review
    Brittle, Christine ;
    Fiedler, Katherine ;
    Cotterman, Chris
    2014-10-08 | PDF
    Driving a large commercial truck is dangerous work. Truck drivers have a fatal work injuryrate of 22.1 per 100,000 workers, the eighth highest in the nation.1According to the FederalMotor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large trucks were involved in 3,568 fatalcrashes in 2011, killing 4,108 people and costing the U.S. $39 billion.2The primar ...
  • Pocket Guide to Large Trucks and Bus Statistics 2014
    Pocket Guide to Large Trucks and Bus Statistics 2014
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Office of Analysis, Research, and Technology
    2014-10-01 | PDF
    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration compiled the data in this guide from multiple sources. The guide is divided into six sections and a glossary: (1) Overview: Large Trucks and Buses, (2) Roadside Inspections and Violations, (3) Reviews, (4) Crashes, (5) Data Quality, (6) Agency Resources, and (7) Glossary and List of Acronyms.
  • Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2012
    Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2012
    United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Analysis Division
    2014-06-01 | PDF
    This annual edition of Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts contains descriptive statistics about fatal, injury, and property damage only crashes involving large trucks and buses in 2012. Selected crash statistics on passenger vehicles are also presented for comparison purposes.
  • Evaluating the Potential Safety Benefits of Electronic HoursofService Recorders Final Report
    Evaluating the Potential Safety Benefits of Electronic Hours-of-Service Recorders Final Report
    Hickman, Jeffrey S. ;
    Camden, Matthew C. ;
    Guo, Feng
    ; etc...
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    The purpose of the current study was to assess the benefits of installed electronic hours-of-service recorders (EHSRs) on safety and hours-of-service (HOS) violations related to Class 7 and 8 trucks as they operated during normal revenue service. Data were obtained through a third-party vendor that compiled previously-generated compliance data rega ...
  • Smart Infrared Inspection System Field Operational Test Technology Brief
    Smart Infrared Inspection System Field Operational Test [Technology Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    One of the main goals of the Commercial Vehicle Roadside Technology Corridor (CMVRTC) is to support and evaluate the use of innovative technologies that improve commercial truck and bus safety. The Smart Infrared Inspection System (SIRIS) was the first technology to be tested and evaluated in the CMVRTC. SIRIS is a tool designed to assist inspector ...
  • Commercial Skills Test Information Management System Final Report and SelfSustainability Plan Technology Brief
    Commercial Skills Test Information Management System Final Report and Self-Sustainability Plan [Technology Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    The Commercial Skills Test Information Management System (CSTIMS) was developed to address the fraudulent issuance of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) across the United States. CSTIMS was developed as a Web-based, software-as-a-service system to prevent and deter fraud perpetrated by third-party CDL examiners in the portion of the CDL licensing ...
  • Wireless Roadside Inspection Phase II Final Report Technology Brief
    Wireless Roadside Inspection Phase II: Final Report [Technology Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Wireless Roadside Inspection (WRI) Program is demonstrating the feasibility and value of electronically assessing truck and motorcoach driver and vehicle safety. Electronic assessments (or WRIs) can occur at least 25 times more often than physical roadside inspections. Pilot tests were conduct ...
  • Advanced Sensors and Applications Commercial Motor Vehicle Tire Pressure Monitoring and Maintenance Technology Brief
    Advanced Sensors and Applications: Commercial Motor Vehicle Tire Pressure Monitoring and Maintenance [Technology Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    Tire pressure monitoring and automatic tire inflation technologies show significant promise for improving safety and reducing costs in the commercial vehicle industry. Improved tire pressure management directly relates to improved vehicle stability, reduced tire wear and damage, better braking, improved fuel efficiency, and fewer roadside breakdown ...
  • Study of the Impact of a Telematics System on Safe and FuelEfficient Driving in Trucks Technology Brief
    Study of the Impact of a Telematics System on Safe and Fuel-Efficient Driving in Trucks [Technology Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    Transportation and logistics companies increasinglyrely on modern technologies and in-vehicle tools(also known as telematics systems) to optimize theirtruck fleet operations. Telematics is technology thatcombines telecommunications (i.e., the transmissionof data from on-board vehicle sensors) and globalpositioning system (GPS) information (i.e., ti ...
  • FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement Compliance Review Effectiveness Model Results for Carriers with Compliance Reviews in Fiscal Year 2009 Analysis Brief
    FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement Compliance Review Effectiveness Model Results for Carriers with Compliance Reviews in Fiscal Year 2009 [Analysis Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    This Analysis Brief documents the methodology and results from the Compliance Review Effectiveness Model (CREM) for carriers receiving CRs in fiscal year (FY) 2009. The model measures the effectiveness of the compliance review (CR) program, one of the key safety programs of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). This work addresse ...
  • Smart Infrared Inspection System Field Operational Test
    Smart Infrared Inspection System Field Operational Test
    Siekmann, Adam ;
    Capps, Gary ;
    Franzese, Oscar
    ; etc...
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    The Smart InfraRed Inspection System (SIRIS) is a tool designed to assist inspectors in determining which vehiclespassing through the system are in need of further inspection by measuring the thermal data from the wheelcomponents. As a vehicle enters the system, infrared cameras installed on the road measure temperatures of thebrakes, tires, and wh ...
  • Expanded Research and Development of an Enhanced Rear Signaling System for Commercial Motor Vehicles Technology Brief
    Expanded Research and Development of an Enhanced Rear Signaling System for Commercial Motor Vehicles [Technology Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    In 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that heavy trucks were three times more likely than other vehicles to be struck from behind during two-vehicle fatal crashes. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has been working to develop and refine an Enhanced Rear Signaling (ERS) system to address thes ...
  • Evaluating the Potential Safety Benefits of Electronic HoursofService Recorders Research Brief
    Evaluating the Potential Safety Benefits of Electronic Hours-of-Service Recorders [Research Brief]
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    The study quantitatively evaluated whether trucksequipped with electronic hours-of-service recorders(EHSRs) have a lower (or higher) crash and hours-of-service (HOS) violation risk than those withoutEHSRs. The safety benefits of EHSRs werequantitatively evaluated by comparing the crash riskfor two exposure groups (i.e., EHSRs wereconsidered to impr ...
  • Study of the Impact of a Telematics System on Safe and FuelEfficient Driving in Trucks
    Study of the Impact of a Telematics System on Safe and Fuel-Efficient Driving in Trucks
    Boodlal, Leverson ;
    Chiang, Kun-Hung ;
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    A telematics system has been successfully demonstrated to be useful for improving motor carrier efficiency. In this particular field study, the research team demonstrated that telematics can be used to monitor and improve safe driving behavior as well as to monitor and improve fuel economy in trucks. Telematics were used to monitor various driver p ...
  • FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement Compliance Review Effectiveness Model Results for Carriers with Compliance Reviews in Fiscal Year 2009
    FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement Compliance Review Effectiveness Model Results for Carriers with Compliance Reviews in Fiscal Year 2009
    Ohman, Jon M.
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    In FY 2009, Federal and State enforcement personnel conducted more than 15,000 compliance reviews (CRs) on individual motor carriers. It is intended that through education, heightened safety regulation awareness, and the enforcement effects of the CR, carriers will improve the safety of their commercial vehicle operations and, ultimately, reduce th ...
  • Expanded Research and Development of an Enhanced Rear Signaling System for Commercial Motor Vehicles
    Expanded Research and Development of an Enhanced Rear Signaling System for Commercial Motor Vehicles
    Schaudt, William A. ;
    Bowman, Darrell S. ;
    Stone, Scott R.
    ; etc...
    2014-04-01 | PDF
    The purpose of the current study was to further develop and refine the prototype Enhanced Rear Signaling (ERS)system that was developed during the previous Phase III effort. Expanded development efforts for the ERS systemincluded modification of the system into a unit designed for simple commercial motor vehicle (CMV) installation,collision-warning ...
  • Commercial Skills Test Information Management System CSTIMS Final Report and SelfSustainability Plan
    Commercial Skills Test Information Management System (CSTIMS) Final Report and Self-Sustainability Plan
    Dsa, Pamela
    2014-03-01 | PDF
    The Commercial Skills Test Information Management System (CSTIMS) was developed as a Web-based, software-as-a-service system to prevent and deter fraud perpetrated by third-party commercial driver’s license (CDL) examiners in the portion of the CDL licensing process involving the skills test. This Final Report and Self-Sustainability Plan were deve ...
  • Schedule II Opioids and Stimulants CMV Crash Risk and Driver Performance Evidence Report and Systematic Review
    Schedule II Opioids and Stimulants & CMV Crash Risk and Driver Performance: Evidence Report and Systematic Review
    Brittle, Christine ;
    Fiedler, Katherine ;
    Cotterman, Chris
    2014-03-01 | PDF
    Driving a large commercial truck is dangerous work. Truck drivers have a fatal work injuryrate of 22.1 per 100,000 workers, the eighth highest in the nation.1According to the FederalMotor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large trucks were involved in 3,568 fatalcrashes in 2011, killing 4,108 people and costing the U.S. $39 billion.2The primar ...
  • Wireless Roadside Inspection Phase II Final Report
    Wireless Roadside Inspection Phase II: Final Report
    Stephens, Denny ;
    Petrolino, Joseph ;
    2014-03-01 | PDF
    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Wireless Roadside Inspection (WRI) Program is demonstrating the feasibility and value of electronically assessing truck and motorcoach driver and vehicle safety at least 25 times more often than is possible using only roadside physical inspections. The WRI program is evaluating the potential b ...
  • The Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks Program 2012
    The Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks Program 2012
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    2014-03-01 | PDF
    The Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) program supports that safety mission by providing grant funds to States for: (1) Improving safety and productivity of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), and their drivers. (2) Improving efficiency and effectiveness of CMV safety programs through targeted enforcement. (3) ...
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