Highlighted Research
Issues and Opportunities with Driver-Facing Cameras
The report identified specific carrier policies and driver management approaches that lead to higher driver ratings. Overall driver approval of driver-facing cameras increased by 87 percent when carriers used video footage for specific proactive safety measures.
Additional analyses focus on insurance and litigation considerations for in-cab cameras. Experts in both fields expressed preference for event-based driver-facing cameras over continuously recording cameras, and they concurred with drivers that primary video footage access should be limited to safety managers as much as possible.
Technology Research
- ATRI’s Driver Facing Camera Safety Data Collection Form 06/2026
- Issues and Opportunities with Driver-Facing Cameras 04/2023
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Funding – Technical Memorandum 09/2021
- Redefining the Role of Government Activities in Automated Trucking 01/2020
- ATRI’s E-Commerce Impacts on the Trucking Industry 02/2019
- Longitudinal Study of ITS Implementation: Decision Factors and Effects 04/2013
- Roll Stability Systems: Cost Benefit Analysis of Roll Stability Control Versus Electronic Stability Control Using Empirical Crash Data 08/2012
- HMCRP Report 8: Evaluation of the Use of Electronic Shipping Papers for Hazardous Materials Shipments 07/2012
- Efficacy of Web Based Instruction to Provide Training on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 05/2011
- Benefit Cost Analyses of Onboard Safety Systems 02/2009
- Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Trucks and Buses 11/2008
- Incentives for Deployment of Onboard Safety Systems – Final Report 12/2007
- The Role of Speed Governors in Truck Safety: Industry Speed Governor Use Survey 03/2007
- Electronic On-Board Recorder Adoption in the Trucking Industry: Issues and Opportunities 09/2006
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