Factors Underlying the Adoption of New Safety Technologies by U.S. Commercial Motor Carriers

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• Creators:
  Corsi, Thomas M. ; Cantor, David E. ; Grimm, Curtis M. ; Sienicki, Dale M
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Maryland. Robert H Smith School of Business. Supply Chain Management Center
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Commercial vehicle operations
  • Commercial vehicles
  • Deployment
  • Freight transportation
  • Highway safety
  • Motor carriers
  • Organizations
  • Organization
  • Safety equipment
  • Surveys
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FMCSA-RRA-07-007
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  New safety technologies for commercial motor vehicles have drawn increased awareness among carriers, shippers, insurers, and government in terms of the potential benefits of the technologies. In order to identify factors contributing to the adoption of new safety technologies, this survey explored the relationship between motor carrier organizational factors and the rate of safety technology adoption. The results of the survey provide insight into both the levels of adoption of specific types of safety technologies and how they are being adopted by motor carrier organizations of different types. The results indicate that the U.S. motor carrier industry is in the early stages of adopting most of the safety technology management dimensions that were the subject of the survey. The empirical evidence suggests that those firms with the organizational resources to adopt safety management technologies are initiating their adoption. For example, it is apparent that large firms operating over long distances are the leaders in safety technology adoption. Many of the firms surveyed reported that they had adopted at least three different types of safety technology.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/60104/dot_60104_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 197.70 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:49dc3c52f49177f1bdcb2800b9c4ff3e8358a10124ed9bd49938b7df974de54b