At the end of the past summer, the FMCSA has made it apparent of recent timing that the trucking community is entirely surrendered to a better sort of system. The ANPRM also known as the advance notice of proposed rulemaking was meant to gather feedback for potential changes to the carrier safety rating system. All while being dubbed the “safety fitness determination” rule. From January on, the agency themselves have made it known that it’s worth alerting stakeholders.

January shows the notice to let stakeholders know that after a handful of reports had developed a final rule, while the notice of data availability (NODA) had linked studies towards the FMCSA in ways that would consider the comments for questions posed in the advance notice.

New reports and studies are seen in the docket report, all while four of the connected ties to the in-cab technology for safety in trucking, therefore showing the FMCSA as he considers using safety technology for safety fitness determinations. Another report shows the impact of federal carrier compliance reviews while reducing crashes. The actual final report is seen in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s FARS or Fatality Analysis Reporting System as well as a CRSS or Crash Report Sampling System (CRSS) which showed a manual released in 2023.

Five comments had been filed on the NODA, while there was one withdrawn, as there had been support for specific perception of the data, while the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association would reflect various other groups’ commentary given that the information in the reports and studies wouldn’t quite be able to rely by way of the agency, while developing a final rule. The studies could hold plenty flaws which limit further findings.

From these findings, collision warning with AEB has been a little more effective than warning-tech alone.

Such associations were concerned that the reports could be utilized to incorporate the adoption and usage of safety tech for brand-new SFD methodology, while it was strongly argued against.

So many documents in the former safety rating program have zero direct relevance for a new SFD for the agency’s previous notice of a reboot for Safety Measurement System.

A huge group of large carriers have totally shown the trucking alliance can support the study of much peer-reviewed research that regards truck safety. Joint filings state that various groups show identifiers to handle huge promise for pushing forth road safety for commercial drivers.

Such groups show that they’re supportive of real-time sources. The comment period has since shut down on February 12th.