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[TD="bgcolor: #ffffff"][h=2] NTSB Recommends FMCSA Place Stricter Restrictions on Hand-Held Devices [/h] The NTSB has recommended the FMCSA place stricter regulations on hand-held devices. The recommendation was given to the FMCSA in an NTSB investigation report of a May 2013 crash report involving a CSX train and a truck. In the report, the NTSB fingered distracted driving on the truck driver's part as a factor in the crash.
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maybe roadside executions
More Restrictions are NEEDED
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by EZX1100, Oct 24, 2014.
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i can't figure it out.
the people have been driving with passengers since the beginning of time. there's always been someone to talk to. yet, bring on the phone and it's a distraction. not even bluetooth cured the problem.
so what's the difference between a passenger in your ear or your phone call in your ear?Skydivedavec and 6 Speed Thank this. -
"The NTSB recommends the FMCSA modify 49 CFR 392.82 and prohibit the use of hands-free cell phone use by a CDL holder while the driver is operating a commercial vehicle, except in emergencies."
So now that they have convinced all the drivers to go out and buy the bluetooth headsets for talking on the phone while driving ... you can't use them. How the hell did trucking ever function before we started making all these asinine rules??? JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
well for the multitude that still dont have a bluetooth which law will they not follow now
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Who cares...
Ppl doing it is never going away get over it.
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They are only after the money the fines would generate. It isn't about safety at all. If it were, technology could completely solve the problem. It would be pretty easy for cell phone companies to program phones so they won't work if the GPS in them detects motion over a certain speed. Or just program them so they can't change towers. One or the other would greatly curtail use while driving. Yea, they'd tick off a passenger trying to use one. But if it was really about safety, that would be a small price to pay.
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I see dozens of car drivers everyday on there cell phone. They are clearly distracted. Car after car, drivers have cell phones in their hands. My bet is that many truckers do too. I know several who are checking there phone for texts and GPS constantly. Sorry, but I don't trust you to be able to be on a device and drive a cmv. Not with the way the public also drives around cmv's. Why is it illegal for a cmv to not use a handheld in the first place? Same reason your gonna lose the headset.
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I dont imagine it will be long before some of these bigger carriers install the same thing that they have in locomotives now, a device that detects when a cell phone is on in the cab and the location and speed of the train. Doesnt even have to be in use,just on. It sends the data back to whatever the desired address is, usually a road manager with the number of the phone it detected. Cell phones are completely prohibited now on RR. Probably be the same with us before long.
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