ATA Conference to Discuss Future of ‘Black Boxes’ on Trucks

The future of the “black box” on trucks will be one of 14 topics discussed during educational sessions at the American Trucking Associations Management Conference and Exhibition Oct 29-Nov. 1 in San Diego.

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The government proposes to require trucking to adopt black boxes — onboard computers that can track driver movements and truck operation as well as other indicators of performance.

ATA has said it would go along with a policy that would add accident data recording capabillity to truck computers only if the same is mandated for every other vehicle on the road. The association also wants collected data to be used only to improve safety and for scientific research and not for punitive measures, said Kevin Holland, ATA’s manager of technology policy.

The association is firmly against allowing data from onboard computers to be used for enforcement or litigation.

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