United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
2001-05-01
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In local/short-haul (L/SH) operations, commercial motor vehicle drivers primarily make trips of 100 miles or less from their home bases. L/SH activity includes local “pickup and delivery (P&D)” as well as other kinds of operations. Though researchers have examined the effects of driver fatigue and other safety issues in long-haul operations, they k
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This report was prepared by MANILA Consulting Group, Inc. under Contract No. GS-10F-0177N; Order No. DTMC75-10-F-00013, entitled ?Medical Programs Research and Analysis Panels Project, with the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This document is intended to provide a focused assessment of current indications
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The Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) was undertaken jointly by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The LTCCS is based on a nationally representative sample of nearly 1,000 injury and fatal crashes involving large trucks that occurred between April 2001 and
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2000-04-01
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Behavior-based safety (BBS) is a set of methods to improve safety performance in the workplace by engaging workers in the improvement process, identifying critical safety behaviors, performing observations to gather data, providing feedback to encourage improvement, and using gathered data to target system factors for positive change. In August, th
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Automation processes and related machine learning techniques are being implemented across most industries to increase production or performance output or to reduce repetitive human tasks. The incorporation of automation elements into the Crash Preventability Determination Program conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would he
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Technology Division
2011-05-01
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This report presents an evaluation of the current state-of-the-art Web-based instruction (WBI), reviews the current computer platforms of potential users of WBI, reviews the current status of WBI applications for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) stakeholders, and sets out specific instances of WBI successes in other Government re
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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
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This report was prepared by MANILA Consulting Group, Inc. under Contract No. GS-10F-0177N; Order No. DTMC75-10-F-00013, entitled “Medical Programs Research and Analysis Panels Project, with the Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. This targeted evidence report contains four major sections: 1) Introduction, 2)
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) began the Federal Waiver Study Program in 1992. The Vision Waiver Program began in July 1992, when 2,686 drivers were accepted into the program. The Diabetes Waiver Program began in mid-1993 when 139 waivers were issued. The goal of the Federal Waiver Study Program was to determine the associated risk, base
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
1998-12-01
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There is widespread perception among various trucking industry representatives and observers that commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators are frequently forced to violate the Federal hours-of-service (HOS) regulations because of the tightness of their schedules. HOS regulations specify how long a CMV driver may drive continuously, and the length a
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This project examined how roadside inspections and other law enforcement interactions could be accomplished on ADS-equipped CMVs. This included research into: a) how automated CMVs can deliver necessary information to inspectors and b) how automated CMVs can recognize and respond to inspection locations and directions. These objectives were accompl
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The FMCSA is proposing to revise its regulatory oversight of Mexico-domiciled Commercial Motor Carriers (CMC) through a series of four rulemakings. The purpose of the four proposed rules is to protect the health and safety of the general public, by ensuring that Mexico-domiciled CMC are willing and able to comply with United States requirements and
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
2016-01-01
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is responsible for ensuring that all truck and bus companies, drivers and other entities regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) comply with all Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). These entities can be subject to FMCSA enforcement action taken in conjunction
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United States. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Analysis Division
2010-03-01
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This annual edition of Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts contains descriptive statistics about fatal, injury, andproperty damage only crashes involving large trucks and buses in 2008. Selected crash statistics on passengervehicles are also presented for comparison purposes
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