Fhwa commercial vehicle preventable accident manual

This manual was prepared as part of the FHWA effort to reduce the number of vehicle cidents on the highway. It is the result of a DOT investigation into the primary causes of commercial vehicle accidents and the development of countermeasures that can be used to improve traffic safety. The FHWA, in its Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual: A Guide to Countermeasures (Uzgiris et al., ), states, â the great majority of preventable crashes can be shown to be directly related to the performance of the driver; and, therefore, it is extremely productive to any fleet safety program to have careful new driver selection. The manual discusses countermeasures which may be used to reduce the incidence of preventable Commercial Motor Vehicle accidents. It contains a table of typical accident situations keyed to individually numbered countermeasure or guide sheets. For each accident situation, some potential causes are listed, together with the principal and.

If a vehicle is involved in an accident which is determined preventable, driver reimbursement to the company should be as follows: a. The first 50% of the repair cost, up to a maximum reimbursement of $ per accident, if the vehicle is repairable, will be charged back to the driver. b. If the vehicle is a total loss, the driver will be. • Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual: A Guide to Countermeasures. Produced for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Motor Carriers. Niles, IL, Triodyne Inc. 0. Operation, fleet maintenance and safety of commercial vehicles and commercial drivers qualifications, as well as drug and alcohol testing, is governed by Federal and State Department of Transportation (DOT). A preventable vehicle accident is one which occurs because the driver fails to act in a reasonably expected manner to prevent it.

Some examples of these publications include, but are not limited to: Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Preventable Accident Manual (FHWA-OMCHS); Accident Countermeasures (FHWA-OMCHS); Brake Training Resource Directory (FHWA-MC); Technician Guidelines for Antilock Braking Systems: Air-Braked Trucks, Tractors and Trailers (FHWA-MC In addition, there’s the Commercial Vehicle Preventable Accident Manual: A Guide to Countermeasures. This book is produced for the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The manual shows the primary causes of commercial vehicle accidents and the countermeasures that should have been used to avoid them. U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC