Court upholds FMCSA’s denial of Intellistop’s exemption request

U.S. Court of Appeals rules agency’s long-delayed decision on the manufacturer’s pulsating brake lamp module wasn’t ‘arbitrary and capricious’—but a recently retired FMCSA engineer disagrees...
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Brake light manufacturer and fleets seek factory-level exemption

It’s been nearly five years since Groendyke Transport petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to add a flashing brake light to the rear of their tanker trucks to increase visibility and reduce collisions. After being ticketed several times for their flashing brake light, Groendyke eventually received their exemption and was recognized by Commercial Carrier Journal in 2020 as an Innovator of the Month.
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Intellistop Owner Takes FMCSA to Court

Seven Motor Carriers File Petitions to Deploy Flashing Brake Light System. Federal trucking regulators have been hit with a flurry of exemption requests from motor carriers looking for long-term authority to deploy a brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature intended to reduce rear-end collisions with trucks and trailers.
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Intellistop pulsating brake lamp exemptions flood Federal Register

Even as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration prepares to meet the supplier in court over its pulsating brake lamp module, the administration has published seven requests from fleets seeking to use the oddly contentious device.
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Wild, wild mess: Intellistop exemptions flood Federal Register

Even as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration prepares to meet the supplier in court over its pulsating brake lamp module, the administration has published seven requests from fleets seeking to use the oddly contentious device
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Arkansas-Made Brake Signal Device Held Up by Regulators

A Fayetteville company with a product designed to reduce tractor-trailer accidents has hit a regulatory speed bump. Earlier this month, Intellistop Inc. was denied an exemption from a 1960s-era Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule that requires brake lights to remain “steady-burning.”
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FMCSA Denies Exemption for Intellistop’s Pulsating Brake-Lamp Technology

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied an exemption to the manufacturer of a brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature intended to help reduce rear-end collisions with trucks and trailers.
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FMCSA denies Intellistop’s exemption request

In long-delayed decision, agency rules Intellistop failed to show its pulsating brake lamp module would improve vehicle safety
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Pulsing Brake Light Maker Wants FMCSA Decision

The owner of brake-lamp technology with a pulsating bulb feature intended to help reduce rear-end collisions with trucks and trailers has asked a federal appellate court to compel the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to act on a long-pending exemption request to permit the company to deploy the system.
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Intellistop petitions for FMCSA exemption ruling

Sept. 7 filing in D.C. circuit asks appeals court to compel the agency to decide on its long-delayed request to allow the use of its pulsating brake lamp module on commercial vehicles
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