notice of proposed rulemaking<\/a>\u00a0is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 6. The proposal is in response to a petition from Daimler Trucks North America.<\/p>\nIn recent years, the\u00a0FMCSA has granted several exemptions\u00a0to the regulation that allowed windshield-mounted technology outside of the existing parameters as long as it didn\u2019t block a driver\u2019s sightlines. Rather than continuing to address specific exemption requests, FMCSA would require that devices mounted within the area swept by the windshield wipers to be located no more than 8.5 inches below the upper edge and no more than 7 inches above the lower edge of the swept area. The devices also would have to be located outside of the driver\u2019s sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.<\/p>\n
According to FMCSA, vehicle safety technology includes systems and items of equipment to promote driver, occupant and roadway safety. Examples of items in the proposed definition include lane departure warning systems, braking warning systems, driver camera systems, GPS devices, and traffic sign recognition.<\/p>\n
Daimler petitioned the agency in March 2019 to initiate a rulemaking to amend the regulation to allow \u201csafety-enhancing technologies\u201d to be placed on the interior of the windshield within 8.5 inches below the upper edges of the area swept by the windshield wipers. FMCSA granted a limited exemption to Daimler in 2018, and this rulemaking would make that exemption permanent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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