NHTSA, in the rule, said three-axle tractors weighing less than 59,600 pounds must meet the new stopping distance by Aug. 1, 2011, and two-axle tractors and tractors weighing 59,600 pounds or more ...

says NHTSA. Such improvements would reduce the stopping distance disparity with light vehicles, and would result in fewer deaths and injuries and reduce property damage due to fewer crashes ...

NHTSA’s final rule amended the federal motor vehicle safety standard for air brake systems by requiring improvements in stopping distance performance on new truck tractors. This rule reduced the ...

versus the old standard of 355 feet – a reduction of truck stopping distance of roughly 30% The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finally issued long-awaited new braking ...

A couple of years back the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed a stopping-distance reduction of 20-30 percent ... as the accompanying chart shows, but the disc ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to require a 30 percent improvement in stopping distance for new heavy truck tractors, within two years. Although the agency ...

How exactly? Well, the NHTSA has announced a new set of braking rules that will improve large truck stopping distance by 30 percent and is expected to save 227 lives and prevent 300 serious ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finished drafting its proposal to reduce the required stopping distance for new ... In 1970, NHTSA proposed changes in FMVSS 121 to shorten ...

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC applauds the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) final rule requiring a 30% reduction in stopping distance for heavy trucks Bendix Spicer ...

In its 2005 proposal, NHTSA said it would cut the required stopping distance 20% to 30%. Tim Kraus, president and chief operating officer of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association, told ...