FMCSA Going High-Tech With Olympic Truck Inspections
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is using infrared technology to screen trucks and buses for potential problems with brakes, tires, and gears as these vehicles travel roads near the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is using infrared technology to screen trucks and buses for potential problems with brakes, tires, and gears as these vehicles travel roads near the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Through Feb. 24, the FMCSA and DOT personnel from Utah, New Mexico, and Virginia as well as from the product manufacturer, Infra Red Inspection System Ltd., are using this infrared technology that was funded and evaluated by the federal agency.
First used during the Persian Gulf War, thermal imaging cameras now have civilian applications. FMCSA says the thermal-imaging cameras will allow officials to enhance existing safety initiatives at the Olympics with the use of four vans equipped with high-resolution monitors that use an infrared sensor to screen trucks and buses traveling at highway speeds, noting temperature discrepancies with varying colors on those monitors, alerting roadside enforcement officers to identify possible problems.
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