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The agency listed the publication date as March 22.
Entry-Level Driver Training
This rulemaking would require behind-the-wheel and classroom training for persons who must hold a commercial driver license.
The agency passed a final rule in 2004, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia sent the rule back to FMCSA for revision in 2005. The court told FMCSA to be more specific in the types and levels of training that should be mandated, as well as to note their related costs.
The agency is hoping the Office of Management and Budget will clear this by June and a final rule will be published in the Federal Register about two weeks later.
Carrier Safety Fitness Determination
The FMCSA is proposing to update the way it rates a motor carrier’s safety record.
Currently, a safety rating is based principally on a compliance review conducted at the carrier’s headquarters, a slow and labor-intensive process that ultimately limits the number of carriers that can be reviewed.
Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, the new procedure, would assign a safety rat-ing based on data from a variety of sources, including crashes, vehicle inspections and a carrier’s history of vio-lations. When enacted, CSA 2010 will enable FMCSA to update its safety rating system and include more motor carriers.
FMCSA is scheduled to publish the final proposal in April, followed by a comment period.
Rearview Mirrors
This rulemaking would amend Federal Motor Vehicle Standard No. 111; Rearview Mirrors, to reflect requirements in a 2008 law that requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to mandate several changes for light vehicles that are intended to reduce the likelihood of accidents caused by backing up. This action would permit the use of mirrors, sensors, cameras or other technology to expand the driver’s field of view to detect areas behind the motor vehicle.
NHTSA is scheduled to publish its proposal in April and a final rule may be published in February 2011.
Staff reporter Sean McNally contributed to this report.
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