Intellistop

FMCSA allows ‘limited number’ of trucks to use pulsing brake lamps

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have approved enhanced braking lights for a limited number of trucks over concerns that standards should first be updated before allowing the technology to expand within the industry.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration granted a five-year exemption to Springdale, Arkansas-based Encore Building Products, a construction materials hauler, to operate trucks equipped with an electronic module manufactured by Intellistop, Inc.

When the driver applies the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-allows-limited-number-of-trucks-to-use-pulsing-brake-lamps

Se deniega la exención de las luces de freno de los camiones a pesar del apoyo del sector 

Truck with brake lights on highway

Una solicitud de una empresa especializada en luces de freno pulsantes para camiones ha sido denegada por los reguladores federales a pesar del fuerte apoyo de la industria del transporte. 

Intellistop Inc. con sede en Fayetteville, Arkansas, que fabrica un dispositivo que hace que las luces de freno preexistentes pulsen brevemente para aumentar la seguridad cuando se accionan los frenos (véase el vídeo, abajo), había solicitado una exención para todo el sector de la normativa federal que exige...

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Truck brake-light exemption denied despite industry support

Truck with brake lights on highway

An application from a company specializing in pulsating brake lights for trucks has been denied by federal regulators despite strong support from the trucking industry.

Fayetteville, Arkansas-based Intellistop Inc., which makes a device that prompts preexisting brake lights to pulse briefly for added safety when brakes are engaged (see video, below), had sought an industrywide exemption from federal regulations that require all commercial vehicles be equipped with steady-burning brake lamps.

Intel...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-brake-light-exemption-denied-despite-industry-support