By Greg Grisolano, Land Line associate editor
A provision in the new highway bill mandates that the nation’s top safety enforcement agency issue a report to Congress within six months to clarify among other things how its proposed wireless roadside inspection system will differ from existing state systems, and how they will protect truckers’ private data.
Section 5513 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to submit to the congressional committees on transportation a report regarding the design, development, testing and implementation of wireless roadside inspection systems. The report is required to include a determination as to whether federal wireless roadside inspection systems “conflict with existing electronic screening systems, or create capabilities already available; require additional statutory authority to incorporate generated inspection data into the safety measurement system or the safety fitness determinations program; and provide appropriate restrictions to specifically address privacy concerns of affected motor carriers and operators.”
- See more at: FAST Act: Congress seeks update Wireless Roadside Inspection pilot program
A provision in the new highway bill mandates that the nation’s top safety enforcement agency issue a report to Congress within six months to clarify among other things how its proposed wireless roadside inspection system will differ from existing state systems, and how they will protect truckers’ private data.
Section 5513 of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act directs the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to submit to the congressional committees on transportation a report regarding the design, development, testing and implementation of wireless roadside inspection systems. The report is required to include a determination as to whether federal wireless roadside inspection systems “conflict with existing electronic screening systems, or create capabilities already available; require additional statutory authority to incorporate generated inspection data into the safety measurement system or the safety fitness determinations program; and provide appropriate restrictions to specifically address privacy concerns of affected motor carriers and operators.”
- See more at: FAST Act: Congress seeks update Wireless Roadside Inspection pilot program