Review of the 21st Century Truck Partnership, Second Report (2012) / Chapter Skim
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7 Safety
7 Safety
Pages 107-114
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, with responsibility for highways, freight manage FHWA strives to promote the efficient movement of freight ment, and operations; and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety and oversees the enforcement of federal regulations on the Administration (FMCSA) , with responsibility for developing size and weight limits of trucks.2 The Federal Motor Carrier federal regulations that promote commercial carrier safety Safety Administration has as its mission to reduce crashes, and industry productivity.
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The wording of 21CTP Safety Goals 1 and 2 vast majority of fatalities and injuries associated with truck as now written might be subject to misinterpretation by some and bus accidents are due to combination-truck accidents, as allowing the compromise of safety in the effort to improve most of this chapter focuses on technologies that might fuel consumption. reduce combination truck accidents.
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data were used to estimate outcomes from different lane departure crashes.10 Then, using information from the overturns; yet it was found that there was not a statistically significant reduction in fatal crash involvement. Although aforementioned field operational test, efficacy rates were improved braking was influential in reducing the number of determined in order to estimate the types of crashes that could accidents as noted above, it is possible that accidents that are be prevented using LDW systems.
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ness of onboard monitoring in reducing accident risk, includCurrently there is no plan to introduce regulations requiring ing the observation of driver behavior, fatigue monitoring, onboard systems. Instead, the FMCSA has added the use of lane departure warning, forward collision warning, and hours Performance Based Brake Testers (Performance Based Brake of service monitoring.
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. that will allow the truck driver to be aware of nearby vehicles, including any that might be in blind-spot areas, and vehicles close to the truck will be made Smart Roadside aware of the truck; The FMCSA is conducting research to improve the man- • Technology that will alert drivers that they are approachner in which state, local, and federal officials interact with ing a slowed or stopped vehicle; and commercial vehicle operators and drivers at the roadside.
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The elements of the management ity, the total number of fatalities decreased from 4,250 in program include a systems perspective that integrates engi2008 to 3,380 in 2009, a decrease of 20 percent. The goals neering design, traffic control, regulatory control, and public of the FMCSA for reducing truck and bus fatalities per 100 health methods to identify and reduce risk; specific goals and million vehicle miles traveled were met in 2006 (target, milestones, and accountability to meet those goals; and regular 0.179; actual, 0.176)
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Although the truck safety. average seat belt usage in the United States is near 85 percent, it is more than 90 percent in most of the other nations HEAVY-DUTY TRUCK SAFETY AND FUEL studied in the TRB report.
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negligibly small. However, as vehicle manufacturers adopt FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
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