USDOT Agency Nixes Upgraded Rear Impact Guards
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released its report on the Industry Issues Survey conducted earlier this fall. Thanks to all the ICSA members who took the time to respond to the survey. Your input is important!
We thought you’d be interested in the comparison of the top 10 issues ranked by drivers versus those listed by carriers (company owners and executives) as shown below:
In addition, owner/operator drivers and company employee drivers also differed in how they ranked three key issues.
The Top Industry Issues 2021 report has a lot of great information, so we encourage you to download it and read it as time permits. Review or download a copy of the full report. You will be asked to fill out a short contact form just so ATRI can see who’s downloading their reports.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and now Hurricane Helene in 2024, with Milton bearing down on the Gulf Coast! Major storms, with major disaster areas and the need for emergency supplies, most of which come by truck.
FMCSA is hard at work on a new online registration system, to “improve the transparency and efficiency of FMCSA’s registration procedures”.