The heavier tractor’s maximum stopping distance from 60 mph will be 250 or 310 feet, depending on gross weight and number of axles (see chart above). All two-axle tractors will have to stop in ...

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 ...

NHTSA said that based on testing results and the agency’s concern the current requirements of its final rule might not be practicable, the stopping distance requirement for typical loaded ...

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 ...

A long-awaited rule that would reduce stopping distances for heavy-duty trucks will be finalized this summer, Stephen Kratzke, associate administrator for rule making for the National Highway Traffic ...

The NHTSA has issued new braking requirements ... The old standard was 355 feet, indicating a reduction in stopping distance of nearly 30 percent. The August 1, 2011 deadline applies to three ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposed to cut the stopping distance for heavy-duty trucks by 20% to 30% last December, trucking applauded the rulemaking as a step ...

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 ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today, July 24, issued a long-awaited regulation to tighten the stopping distance standards ... disc/drum systems, NHTSA says.

NHTSA said that based on testing results and the agency’s concern the current requirements of its final rule might not be practicable, the stopping distance requirement for typical loaded ...