# 2025-23762: Feds Recruit Drivers to Spot Stopped Trucks in Crash Study

2025-23762, Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Study of Warning Devices for Stopped Commercial Motor Vehicles, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published 2025-12-23, effective 2026-01-22 (as of 2026-06-08).

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## Facts
- Document number: 2025-23762
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New Information Collection Request: Study of Warning Devices for Stopped Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Citation: 90 FR 60228
- Published: 2025-12-23
- Effective: 2026-01-22
- Comments close: 2026-01-22
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Feds Recruit Drivers to Spot Stopped Trucks in Crash Study

## 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.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This notice invites comments on a proposed information collection titled "Study of Warning Devices for Stopped Commercial Motor Vehicles." It is an experimental study that requires data collection for evaluating whether warning devices meaningfully influence crash-relevant aspects of human performance in the presence of a parked or disabled commercial motor vehicle (PDCMV), and if so, how and to what extent. These data collection efforts are expected to require the participation of 256 drivers. A total of 9 comments were provided in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice (91 FR 1591). The total burden hours reported in the 60-day FR published on January 8, 2025, has now been decreased by 128 hours after FMCSA inadvertently included but has now removed the 128 hours from the burden estimate. The 128 hours is the time estimated for respondents to travel to and from the location where the collection of information will occur.

## Effects PRIA read

- FMCSA study asks 256 drivers to participate: cost, low. 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: benefit, low. 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 device…

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## Sources
- [2025-23762 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23762/agency-information-collection-activities-approval-of-a-new-information-collection-request-study-of)
- [2025-23762 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23762.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23762 (as of 2026-06-08).