FMCSA seeks feedback on risk of requiring digital IDs on vehicles
The Federal Motor Provider Security Administration is looking for feedback on a attainable regulatory change that might require business motor autos to be geared up with the know-how to wirelessly transmit a singular identification quantity to state or federal enforcement personnel.
The company printed a discover of the request for feedback late final week. It stated it’s contemplating the change to enhance roadside inspections and permit enforcement businesses to focus their efforts on high-risk carriers and drivers.
You may see the superior discover of proposed rulemaking and make feedback right here. Feedback might be accepted till Nov. 22.
In that discover, FMCSA stated it’s “soliciting additional info concerning numerous facets of digital identification together with the very best technical and operational ideas together with related prices, advantages, safety, vulnerability, privateness, and different related deployment and operational implications.”
FMCSA’s discover stated it is available in response to a petition initially made by the Business Automobile Security Alliance in 2010. The company denied that petition in 2013 stating it lacked the “info essential to estimate the prices and advantages of an digital ID mandate.” CVSA resubmitted the petition with the requested info in 2015, and FMCSA accepted it.
