FMCSA to Study Disabled, Parked Truck Roadside Warnings

Jan 31, 2025 at 07:13 AM CST
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning a study to determine if modern warning devices for parked or disabled commercial motor vehicles can reduce crashes. The study will require data collection from 256 truck drivers. “Given the increasing focus on automated driver systems, questions surrounding the safety of CMV drivers when deploying warning devices, and the availability of new technology and alternative devices since these questions were last explored in the 1980s, there is a need to thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of warning devices under current regulations,” the agency said in a Federal Register announcement. “In addition, advanced research instruments unavailable or not in use at the time of all past research on this topic are now in common use and would permit far more sophisticated analyses of the effects of warning devices on driver behavior.

Jan 31, 2025 at 07:13 AM CST

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is planning a study to determine if modern warning devices for parked or disabled commercial motor vehicles can reduce crashes. The study will require data collection from 256 truck drivers. “Given the increasing focus on automated driver systems, questions surrounding the safety of CMV drivers when deploying warning devices, and the availability of new technology and alternative devices since these questions were last explored in the 1980s, there is a need to thoroughly evaluate the effectiveness of warning devices under current regulations,” the agency said in a Federal Register announcement. “In addition, advanced research instruments unavailable or not in use at the time of all past research on this topic are now in common use and would permit far more sophisticated analyses of the effects of warning devices on driver behavior.