FMCSA’s rule change amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to allow certain vehicle safety technology devices, such as cameras, to be mounted slightly lower.
On Brake Safety Day, North American inspectors put 1,290 CMVs out of service for severe brake problems — 14% of the 9,132 commercial motor vehicles inspected that day.
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Through the partnership, Boyle Transportation will deploy Netradyne’s vision-based Driver-i safety camera platform throughout its fleet of vehicles.
Currently, few commercial trucks available in the U.S. provide direct vision, the organization said, “despite estimates that one-quarter of the more than 500 pedestrian and bicyclist deaths each year that involve large trucks traveling at low speeds could be prevented by direct-vision cabs.”