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U.S. DOT to Host Public Meetings on Safe Operation of Automated Vehicles

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will hold a pair of public meetings this spring to gather input as it develops guidelines for the safe deployment of automated safety technology.  The meetings, to be held in Washington, D.C...

News Digest - DOT 23-16

FMCSA Restores Property Carriers’ “Absolute Measures” in Compliance with the FAST Act.  Section 5223 (c) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) of 2015 requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to keep property carriers’ absolute measures...