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Since the initial focus group, the development of autonomous vehicle technology, including Automated Driving Systems (ADS) for Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMV), has continued to proceed aggressively. Now, in the third decade of the 21st Century, the question has become: How prepared is law and regulation, as applied by the judiciary, for the cases and controversies that will inevitably follow the widespread deployment of ADS in CMVs?

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Safe Driver Week will focus on speeding as the second most common driver violation in the US, according to Kerri Wirachowsky, director of inspection programs at CVSA. The webinar also emphasized the need for educating drivers on cross-border operations and differences in regulations, particularly regarding electronic Record of Duty Status (eRODS) violations due to the recent enforcement of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in Canada.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is evaluating the effectiveness of electronic logging devices (ELDs) in achieving the intended safety outcomes. While initial statistics suggest that ELDs have not reduced highway fatalities, some experts argue that the focus should be on making hours of service (HOS) regulations more flexible to address factors like detention time and traffic congestion that affect drivers’ ability to comply with driving limits.

Presentation by Judge Gayle Williams-Byers (Ret.)