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DOT said its proposed rule on automatic emergency braking and stability control could prevent more than 19,000 crashes and save 155 lives every year.
Read More →The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published the results of its research on costs and benefits of mandated side underride guards for truck trailers. But in the advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the agency acknowledged that it lacks information on a large number of factors that could affect those calculations.
Read More →The first step in creating a federal rule requiring side underride guards for trailers is under review at the White House.
Read More →Swedish truck OEM Einride has completed a two-week public road pilot of its autonomous, electric vehicle. The vehicle transported finished goods from GE Appliances’ facilities.
Read More →A new underride-guard rule years in the making is still not good enough, say safety groups petitioning for it to be reconsidered.
Read More →The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has completed a final rule upgrading requirements for rear underride guards and is turning its attention to side underride guards.
Read More →In 2021, fatalities in crashes involving at least one large truck were up 13% compared to 2020, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s latest traffic fatalities estimates.
Read More →The fiscal year 2023 budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation includes $59.5 billion for the Federal Highway Safety Administration, $1.3 billion for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and $874 million for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Read More →An appeals court has ruled in favor of trailer makers, removing trailers from the 2016 greenhouse gas regulations published by the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Read More →The U.S. Department of Transportation included automatic emergency braking for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles on its regulatory agenda, which identifies actions the DOT plans to take during the next year and beyond.
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