Four safety interest groups are asking the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to establish a rule-making initiative that would mandate anti-collision technology be integrated on all trucks and buses with a gross vehicle weight at or above 10,000 lbs.
According to the groups, only about 3% of the estimated 3 million Class 8 tractor-trailers on U.S. roadways today are equipped with forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems (F-CAM). As truck tonnage is anticipated to continue increasing over the coming years, the groups believe the need for F-CAM systems is essential to the safety of all drivers on the roadways.
F-CAM systems are currently offered on new truck models by most truck OEMs, but since it is an optional feature not all buyers have the systems added to their trucks.
