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Stopping-Distance Rule * USA - To Be Published This Year
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topic, by Sean McNally -2 May 2007: -- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials said a rule limiting truck stopping distances would be published later this year... FMCSA Administrator John Hill told a Senate subcommittee April 19 that, “One of the things we’re moving forward on in technology enhancement is improving the braking distance of trucks [by up to] 30% great braking capacity,” he said... Under the present regulations, air-braked tractor trailers must be able to stop from 60 mph in 355 feet. The proposed rules would trim that to between 249 feet and 284 feet...
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