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A variety of trucking trade groups, truck manufacturers and other industry-related groups support the allowance of warning beacons as an alternative to human-placed objects. (ryasick/Getty Images)
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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…
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