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Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Trucks and Buses (2008)

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Suggested Citation:"Acronyms." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2008. Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Trucks and Buses. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/14211.
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37 ATC Australian Transport Council ATRI American Transportation Research Institute CMV Commercial motor vehicle ECM Engine control module GPS Global positioning system HGV Heavy goods vehicles IIHS Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ISA Intelligent speed adaptation LTL Less-than-Truckload mpg Miles per gallon OOIDA Owner–Operators Independent Drivers Association SRA Swedish Road Administration ACRONYMS

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TRB's Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program (CTBSSP) Synthesis 16: Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Trucks and Buses explores issues associated with speed limiters including measurable safety impacts, metrics, and degree of benefit. Speed limiters, also described as speed governors, are devices that interact with a truck engine to only permit the attainment of a pre-programmed speed.

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