FMCSA plans information collection on automated driving systems

From Transport Topics.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced plans to submit an Information Collection Request associated with a project to learn more about trucking industry representatives’ opinions of automated driving systems.

An Information Collection Request is a set of documents that details the information a federal agency is looking to gather from a certain sector. The Office of Management and Budget must approve the request before the collection can begin.

According to a document published in the Federal Register on Nov. 3, FMCSA plans to submit the request to OMB and invite public comment on the information collection project. Titled “Trucking Fleet Concept of Operations for Managing Mixed Fleets,” the project involves a survey study designed to collect opinions of ADS before and after hands-on demonstrations of the technologies.

The survey study will assess the self-reports of about 2,000 respondents, including commercial motor vehicle fleet managers, sales representatives, truck drivers, government officials, engineers and researchers.

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