All: Safety Assurance

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The Cost for a Single Augmented Reality (AR) Headset To Facilitate Commercial Vehicle Maintenance Training Was Estimated at $3,500.
Improve the effectiveness of commercial motor vehicle enforcement officers by integrating the function of roadside electronic screening systems with consolidated vehicle and driver safety compliance databases.
Date Posted: 05/24/2017 | Source Date:
For the industry data sample provided in this analysis, RSC technology is more effective than ESC technology at preventing rollover, jackknife, and tow/stuck crashes, thus providing greater benefit to society and carriers with markedly lower installa
Date Posted: 10/03/2013 | Source Date:
Commercial trucks without speed limiters had a significantly higher crash rate (approximately 200 percent) compared to trucks equipped with speed limiters.
Date Posted: 09/17/2013 | Source Date:
Smart Roadside Inspection Stations can reduce emissions annually by 6.57 metric tonnes by not performing needless commercial vehicle inspections; compliant carriers saved $89,425 annually.
Date Posted: 08/19/2013 | Source Date:
An infrared detection system deployed in a mobile van correctly identified vehicles that need to be taken off the road 44 percent of the time; an improvement over using random selection alone.
Date Posted: 10/02/2012 | Source Date:
CVISN technologies that improve carrier compliance can increase safety and carrier efficiency; benefit-to-cost ratios approach 7.5 for electronic screening and 2.6 for electronic credentialing.
Date Posted: 08/24/2012 | Source Date:
Smart Infrared Brake Inspection Systems identify trucks with faulty systems. Of the vehicles flagged as having thermal issues, 86 percent were found to have a violation and 83 percent of those vehicles were placed out-of-service.
Date Posted: 08/24/2012 | Source Date:
Using Inspection Selection Systems (ISS) and out-of-service (OOS) history information provided by safety information exchange programs can lead to significant reductions in crashes injuries and fatalities due to heavy vehicles.
Date Posted: 08/24/2012 | Source Date:
An Integrated Safety and Security Enforcement System (ISSES) for identifying high-risk heavy trucks was estimated to contribute to crash reductions between 63 and 629, personal injuries between 16 and163, and 7 fatalities per year.
Date Posted: 12/21/2009 | Source Date:
ITS Deployment Evaluation

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