
A new survey is seeking feedback from motor carriers regarding the use of advanced driver assistance systems.
On Thursday, Jan. 23, the American Transportation Research Institute launched a research initiative to uncover “awareness, deployment rates, perspectives and concerns” from carriers when it comes to advanced driver assistance systems technology. Some examples of that technology include automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning, blind spot detection and collision warning systems.
The survey will look to discover which technologies are currently in use by motor carriers, as well as “what issues and perspectives they’ve encountered relating to truck driver acceptance, repair and maintenance, and safety benefits – among other topics.”
According to ATRI, the survey takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete and can be done online here. The group said the results from the survey will “provide the trucking industry with important insight into active safety systems.”
The survey is being conducted under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s TechCelerate Now program. According to the agency, the program is dedicated to “accelerating the adoption of advanced driver assistance systems in the commercial motor vehicle industry.
The program is now in phase two – a four-year period focused on gathering data from vendors, drivers and fleets about advanced driver assistance technologies.
One of those groups assisting in the research is the OOIDA Foundation. Charles Sperry, research analyst with the OOIDA Foundation, said the purpose of the program is not to create regulations but, rather, to “see what people are doing with and thinking about these technologies.”
“The reason that the Foundation is involved with this program is to provide a vehicle for owner-operators to voice their opposition or support for various ADAS technologies,” Sperry told Land Line. “For example, automated braking is one of the systems under review, and some of our members may have an opinion or two about them.”
The conversations surrounding driver assistance systems and their possible benefits to the trucking industry have ramped up. In October 2024, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held public meetings to discuss research being conducted on a number of topics impacting the trucking industry – including automated driving systems and advanced driver assistance technology. LL
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