FMCSA Holds Open 3-Day Meeting on CMV Distracted Driving
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is announcing that its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) will hold a three-day meeting concerning distracted driving by commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators, from June 8 through June 10, 2010.
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This meeting will be held in Alexandria, VA and is open to the public. Comments from the public will be heard orally during the last hour of each day’s meeting.
Distractions from In-Cab Technologies and Activities
FMCSA is requesting that MCSAC provide information, concepts, and ideas on ways to prevent distracted driving by CMV operators, with a particular emphasis on in-cab technologies and activities. This information will assist FMCSA in identifying options for addressing driver distraction associated with certain in-cab technologies.
FMCSA also seeks information and ideas for consideration in updating its Strategic Plan.
(This “distracted driver” issue is separate from FMCSA’s current rulemaking concerning texting, and the Agency’s forthcoming rulemaking concerning the use of wireless telephones. See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/02/10 news, 100402010, for BP summary of FMCSA proposed rule to ban texting while driving CMVs.)
- written comments due by June 2, 2010
FMCSA contact: Shannon Watson (202) 385--2395
(FR Pub 05/25/10, Docket No. FMCSA--2010--0143)