Feds Recruit Drivers to Spot Stopped Trucks in Crash Study
Published Date: 12/23/2025
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Summary
The FMCSA is launching a new study to see how warning devices help drivers notice stopped commercial trucks and avoid crashes. About 256 drivers will take part, spending around 2 to 2.5 hours each. Comments on this plan are open until January 22, 2026, and the study aims to make roads safer without adding extra travel time for participants.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
FMCSA study asks 256 drivers to participate
FMCSA will collect data from 256 drivers for a controlled study of warning devices. Each driver will participate once for about 2.0 to 2.5 hours, and the agency estimates a total annual burden of 504.92 hours (the estimate excludes 128 hours of travel time).
Study may inform future warning-device rules
FMCSA says the study’s results may support future rulemaking about warning devices and provide baseline data to inform Agency decisions on exemption applications for alternative warning device products. This work could be used as the evidence base for later regulatory decisions about warning devices.
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