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.
Safety Research
- Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on the Trucking Industry 06/2023
- Issues and Opportunities with Driver-Facing Cameras 04/2023
- Predicting Truck Crash Involvement: 2022 Update 10/2022
- Driver Detention Impacts on Safety and Productivity 09/2019
- Marijuana Legalization and Impaired Driving: Solutions for Protecting our Roadways 03/2019
- Predicting Truck Crash Involvement: 2018 Update 07/2018
- Large Truck Safety Trends – Report Request 05/2013
- HMCRP Report 7: Role of Human Factors in Preventing Cargo Tank Truck Rollovers 08/2012
- Research on the Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Motor Vehicles: Phase II 03/2012
- Assessing the Benefits of Alternative Compliance 03/2012
- Predicting Truck Crash Involvement: A 2011 Update 04/2011
- Assessing the Benefits of Alternative Compliance 01/2011
- Empirical Analysis of Truck and Automobile Speeds on Rural Interstates: Impact of Posted Speed Limits 07/2009
- Driver Training Impacts on Safety 05/2008
- The Role of Safety Culture in Preventing Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes 07/2007
- Commercial Motor Vehicle Carrier Safety Management Certification 04/2007
- Safety by Design: Optimizing Highway Safety in Work Zones 11/2005
- Predicting Truck Crash Involvement 2005 10/2005
- Homeland Security and the Trucking Industry 07/2005
- Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety Belt Usage 07/2005
- Identifying Vulnerabilities and Security Management Practices in Agricultural and Food Commodity Transportation 01/2005
- FMCSA – Hazardous Materials Safety and Security Field Operational Test – Final HazMat Security Report 12/2002
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