FMCSA allows another exemption for flashing brake light system

A flashing brake light system has gotten the green light from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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FMCSA grants more pulsating brake lamp exemptions

The agency on June 28 approved four more exemptions for Intellistop’s safety device and extended Groendyke’s auxiliary pulsating brake lamp exemption through Oct. 26.
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FMCSA Grants Freight Hauler Exemption for Intellistop System

Federal regulators have granted a five-year exemption to fuel hauler Gemini Motor Transport to operate a flashing brake light system manufactured by Intellistop Inc. that regulators in October 2022 said did not meet federal safety standards for a manufacturer’s industrywide exemption...
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Transportation Department Officials Testify on Transportation Infrastructure

Rick Crawford confronts Ann Carlson, NHTSA, about their unusual and seemingly anti-safety choices as they relate to rulings on pulsating brake lamps.
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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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