Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration : What Do they Do?

At Clark and Steinhorn, we rely on many resources in keeping us up to date concerning contemporary issues in collisions and accidents involving large trucks and commercial buses. One of the most useful is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. See : http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/facts-research/art.htm

The avowed purpose of the F.M.C.S.A. is 'to reduce the number and severity of commercial motor vehicle crashes," a worthy goal no doubt but how do they go about this?

Essentially there are three paths they take toward the goal of truck and bus crash reduction.

The first involves systematic scientific study of crashes.

The second involves utilizing the data obtained from these studies and creating innovative practices to reduce accident frequency and severity.

Third, they analyze trends in commercial truck and bus collisions and make economic and environmental analyses with an eye towards rulemaking.

The website provides reams of fascinating data with titles like "Large Truck Crash Causation Study" and the FMCSA has three divisions which reflect its functions. They are Analysis, Research and technology.

For more past applications see http://www.maryland-law.com/library/tractor-trailer-and-bus-crash-facts-2008.cfm