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Final Rule on Windshield mounted devices

Discussion in 'Truckers News' started by Mark Kling, Sep 22, 2016.

  1. Sep 22, 2016 #1
    Mark Kling

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  3. Sep 22, 2016 #2
    x1Heavy

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    that utilize “vehicle safety technology.”

    ####... does that mean dash cams, prepass transponders and any other devices at all?

    I love how the Government will speak and render laws but fail to discuss what is actually a vehicle safety device. One could argue the whole #### 18 wheeler itself is a vehicle safety device attached to the windshield.
     
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    Specifically, the Agency replaces current § 393.60(e)(1) with (1)

    § 393.60(e)(1)(i), which requires antennas and similar devices to be mounted not more

    than 152 mm (6 inches) below the upper edge of the windshield, and outside the driver’s

    sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals; and (2) § 393.60(e)(1)(ii), which

    provides an exception to paragraph (e)(1)(i) to allow devices that utilize certain vehicle

    safety technologies (including, but not limited to video event recorders, lane departure

    warning systems, collision mitigation or warning systems, transponders, and sensors that

    are part of a hands-free driver aid equipment package) to be mounted on the interior of

    the windshield and within the area swept by the windshield wipers. The Agency adds a

    definition of “vehicle safety technology” in § 393.5, specifically as it relates to §

    393.60(e)
     
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  5. Oct 2, 2016 #4
    Infosaur

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    Yeah I had a shop monkey mount a camera in a spot where all it would see out front is raindrops and road dirt. But by then it was mounted and they weren't going to fix it.

    Another truck I "inherited" had the SunPass and Nebraska (?) pass mounted dead center of the single piece windshield (WTF?!?). Since I rarely go west of Ohio or South of Atlanta, seemed like a waste to have either sticker. But since theoretically the truck COULD be reassigned,,,

    I keep my GPS in a dashboard or overhead cubby and only flip it up when I need it.
     
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