Automated Driving Systems

Former FMCSA deputy hired by AI trucking company Plus

Autonomous trucking company Plus has hired former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Deputy Administrator Earl Adams to lead the company’s public affairs and safety advocacy efforts and to advise the company on regulatory developments.

Earl Adams. Credit: Plus

“After nearly a decade on our autonomous journey, we are on the brink of commercializing autonomous trucks,” said Plus CEO and co-founder David Liu in a news release. “Earl’s unmatched experience in transportation policy and his...

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Project 2025 pushes automated trucks, pumps brakes on EVs

WASHINGTON — If former President Donald Trump wins back the White House in November, The Heritage Foundation hopes he will embrace the organization’s policy playbook, which would reward autonomous trucking while slowing the timeline for electric vehicles (EVs).

Those objectives are outlined in the U.S. Department of Transportation chapter of the 900-page presidential transition “Mandate for Leadership” road map known as Project 2025, published by the conservative Heritage Foundation.

“Despite the...

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FMCSA delays speed limiter rule to May 2025

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are delaying several rulemakings affecting the trucking sector, including a controversial rule that would limit new trucks’ engine speeds.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed truck speed limiter rule, scheduled to be published last month, has been delayed to May 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest agenda released by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The proposed rule, which would require that...

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FMCSA pushes back rulemaking on truck speed limiters to May

WASHINGTON — The federal government’s controversial truck speed limiter rule has been delayed once again and is now set to be published in May.

Originally scheduled to roll out by mid-2023, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pushed the date back to Dec. 29 of last year.

But according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest significant rulemaking report, the speed limiter rule will not be out for another five months — or possibly longer.

The rule would require that trucks...

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OOIDA calls long delay in truck broker rate transparency rule ‘BS’

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WASHINGTON — After years of waiting and prodding from small-business truckers, federal regulators...

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NHTSA rejects call to make AV test reporting mandatory

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WASHINGTON — A federal regulator has declined a request to require automated vehicle (AV)...

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FMCSA data shows rise in crash rates among new-entrant carriers

WASHINGTON — Preliminary data compiled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration reveals a steady rise in crashes involving large trucks among companies that entered the industry since 2018.

The data was presented by FMCSA statistician Dan Burrill during the agency’s annual Analysis, Research, and Technology Forum on Wednesday.

The data was presented as a supplement to an analysis of the surge in new common-carrier registrations since just before and during the pandemic. In 2021, for...

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Safety groups oppose roadside warning exemption for driverless trucks

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WASHINGTON — Truck safety advocates are warning federal regulators against approving a roadside...

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FMCSA proposes new requirements for driverless trucks

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WASHINGTON — The federal government is taking the next step toward regulating highly automated...

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What are FMCSA’s top upcoming proposed rules?

Speed limiters among FMCSA's top rulemakings in 2023. (Photo: John Gallagher/FreightWaves)

The U.S. Department of Transportation issued in September its latest Significant Rulemakings Report summarizing the status of such rulemakings for each of its agencies.

“Significant rules,” according to DOT, “are essentially those that are likely to have high benefits or costs or are potentially controversial.” Significant proposed or final rules issued by a DOT agency must also be reviewed by the secretary of transportation and the Office of Management and Budget before they can be issued.

For...

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