Financial Officers Debate Role For Vehicle-Safety Technologies

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img src="/sites/default/files/images/articles/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Motor carriers must weigh the costs associated with new vehicle-safety technologies against the actual payoffs from the systems, trucking safety officers said at the annual meeting of the National Accounting & Finance Council.

Safety developments such as collision warning systems, anti-rollover stability control and lane-departure warning systems offer truck drivers and the companies they work for an extra measure of protection on the road, but, said some critics here last week, they do not mitigate enough accident risk to justify the extra cost.

Steve Wykle, vice president of finance for Roehl Transport, Marshfield, Wis., said a large number of safety products offer at least some value, but “the question is how to evaluate them.”

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