advanced driver-assistance systems

FMCSA is providing a rare glimpse into documents it will consider in formulating a significant safety rule.

Rural states top the latest list of riskiest states for truck accident fatalities.

The feds released a first-time report aimed at developing a clearer picture of autonomous vehicle safety.

Federal regulators have amended their rules to make it easier to install driver-assist technology in trucks.

NHTSA details new crash-data reporting requirements for self-driving trucks.

Startup Locomation sees huge upside for an autonomous trucking convoy, but it has a long road to meeting its goal of 60,000 trucking pairs by 2025.

Does the search for a completely safe driverless truck mean that everything should wait for perfection? David Liu doesn’t think so.

Reductions in crashes and claims from use of various technologies

Federal regulators push for more data as automated trucking rolls from testing to reality.

NHTSA’s new standing order on autonomous truck crash data is too blunt an instrument, according to a group representing the self-driving vehicle sector.

FMCSA is proposing to revise rules for advanced driver-assist cameras.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration orders trucking manufacturers and operators to report crashes linked to autonomous technology.

Daimler Trucks adds three safety advances, building on NHTSA data showing fewer truck-related crash deaths.

The Senate bill introduced requiring automatic brakes would apply to new trucks starting two years after the final rule.

Peter DeFazio, a top transportation lawmaker, wants the Federal Communications Commission to rethink adopting rules that experts say would hinder trucking automation.

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Heavy-duty trucks with collision avoidance, emergency braking and other safety technologies are beginning to enter the used truck market, potentially making the roads safer as older trucks are retired.

Request follows similar FMCSA waivers recently provided for truck dashcams.

Exemption granted weeks after similar waiver approved for Samsara’s AI dash cam.

Opposition cited “unfair competitive advantage” if exemption were granted.

With final approvals in hand, German commercial vehicle mega-supplier ZF Friedrichshafen creates a new division for technology supplier Wabco Holdings, adding 12,000 employees.

Startup’s request to extend driving limit and workday gets broad pushback.

Startup wants its customers to be allowed an additional two hours in workday.

Over two decades and 2 million miles of trucking, Karl Williams has driven practically every brand of Class 8 tractor. Now behind the wheel of an electric Freightliner eCascadia, he relishes keeping his place in stop-and-go traffic and the sound of near silence.

Continental North America recently announced it will build a 215,000-square-foot manufacturing and research facility focused on technology for autonomous driving in New Braunfels, Texas.  Construction on the $110 million plant is scheduled to begin later this year with production starting in 2021. The plant will employ around 575 workers and produce products for Continental’s advanced […]

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