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Apr 4, 2012

TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT STUDIES * USA

* DC - Study: FMCSA lacks resources to take on chameleon carriers 


Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -28 March 2012: -- The federal government lacks the proper resources to detect chameleon carriers, a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office has found. In addition to the findings, the authors say the FMCSA could cast a wider net by implementing relatively simple changes to its new entrant program... Under the current program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration does not even attempt to identify chameleon carriers in the freight sector, choosing instead to focus limited resources on passenger carriers... Chameleon carriers are those that assume new identities to evade detection after having had revoked or been denied authority... The GAO suggests the FMCSA could adapt its new entrant screenings to detect common addresses, phone numbers and company officers of freight carriers. The screening could also detect motives for reincarnation including unsatisfactory safety ratings, severe crash involvement, fines, OOS orders, imminent hazard order or bankruptcy...


* DC - Traffic Congestion Costs Billions in Wasted Fuel, Time, Report Says 

Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -28 March 2012: -- Traffic congestion costs drivers more than $100 billion annually in wasted fuel and lost time, and American drivers waste about 1.9 billion gallons annually sitting in traffic, according to a new Treasury Department report... The report — released in support of President Obama’s plan to upgrade and expand U.S. infrastructure in the coming year — comes amid Congressional debate on an extension of federal transportation funding, USA Today reported Monday... 


* DC - FMCSA study finds ‘profound safety benefit’ to speed limiter use 

Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner, by Deborah Whistler -Mar. 28, 2012: -- Trucks equipped with speed governors have a 50% lower crash rate than trucks not equipped with speed control devices, according to the results of the second phase of a study conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on the impact of the use of speed limiting devices in commercial vehicles... The study represents the most comprehensive investigation that has ever been conducted on speed limiters (SL), according to FMCSA. The study included data from 20 truck fleets, approximately 138,000 trucks and analyzed more than 15,000 crashes. The findings showed “strong positive benefits for speed governors.” Results indicated that trucks equipped with speed limiters had a “significantly lower SL-relevant crash rate (approximately 50%) compared to trucks without SLs,” the study found...

* DC - Study on speed limiters 'tortures' data into submission 

Washington,DC,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -28 March 2012: -- A little more than a year after failing to reach a conclusion that speed limiters would enhance safety in large trucks, the group that prepared the study for the FMCSA has rewritten its final report to show the desired result. OOIDA says the changes, including points about limitations and uncertainties that were omitted from the final report, show bias and manipulation. OOIDA released in December 2010 and the “final report” released in March 2012 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The two versions use the same data but show different conclusions about safety and speed limiters...

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