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EOBRs for all trucks * USA - NTSB recommends FMCSA implement
One federal agency is telling another federal agency that electronic on-board recorders are needed on all heavy trucks and not just the trucks of companies that have bad safety records
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -December 20, 2007: -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed on-board recorders for the “bad actors” in the industry... According to the proposed regulation, if FMCSA officials determine – based on HOS records reviewed during each of two compliance reviews conducted within a two-year period – that a motor carrier had a 10 percent or greater violation rate, the carrier would be mandated to use EOBRs for two years... All of the trucks owned and leased to the motor carrier would be required to have EOBRs installed, according to the proposed reg... But the head of the National Transportation Safety Board is calling for recorders on all trucks... In a recommendation published Monday, Dec. 17, NTSB officials cited a fatality accident from July 2004 in Michigan as a case in point... Investigators found that a truck driver for Equity Transportation Company had been driving for 14 hours straight when a crash occurred. Congested traffic had queued up on Interstate 94 near Chelsea, MI, and a witness testified that the truck was traveling at 60 mph...
* U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Technology Solutions to Improve Safety and Reduce Congestion on Nation's Roadways
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -20 Dec 2007: -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) today issued a request for information (RFI) to private industry, research organizations, and state and local governments seeking information about commercially available technology applications designed to fight congestion and improve the safety and performance of the nation's transportation system...
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