Onboard Monitoring System Field Operational Test Program The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is conducting research to determine whether on-board monitoring systems will improve commercial motor vehicle driver safety performance and reduce risky driving behavior. FMCSA is inviting additional carriers to participate in this important, far-reaching study. In exchange for its participation, the carrier will be able to use the technology and the Onboard Monitoring System in its vehicles for up to 18 months. The integrated safety technologies and applications being utilized in this project include: driver behavior monitoring, lane/roadway departure warning, forward collision warning, fatigue monitoring, alcohol detection, automatic on-board recording of driver logs and continuous naturalistic data collection. The ideal candidate for this FOT would be a safety-minded carrier with an active safety program that performs more long-haul than short-haul operations and has one terminal where 50 to 100 trucks could be equipped with the system. Carriers that have already deployed some form of driver behavior monitoring system, lane/roadway departure warning system, forward collision warning system, alcohol detection device and automatic on-board recording system in all their vehicles would not be the best candidates.
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