Aurora is identified in a federal lawsuit against the FMCSA as one of the autonomous trucking companies receiving allegedly illegal waivers from safety regulations requiring warning triangles for...

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    "summary": "Aurora is identified in a federal lawsuit against the FMCSA as one of the autonomous trucking companies receiving allegedly illegal waivers from safety regulations requiring warning triangles for broken-down vehicles, degrading roadway safety.",
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        "excerpt": "Can you identify the lanes where autonomous trucks are primarily running? What kind of freight are they carrying?",
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        "author": "Charming-Focus-1802",
        "excerpt": "Yea that seems like bullshit. Hopefully you get the support you need.",
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      "[post] What you probably don't know is that the FMCSA has been quietly handing out 90-day/3month \"waivers\" to autonomous trucking companies like Aurora and Kodiak (plus others) so they don't have to follow this rule.",
      "[post] The FMCSA is supposed to regulate safety, yet they roll out the red carpet for billion-dollar tech companies and lower the safety bar. This puts all of you and myself in harms way."
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    "post_text": "I am an owner-operator and run interstate HVT freight all across the country. I wanted to let this community know about a federal lawsuit I filed against the FMCSA on September 8th in the U.S. Court of Appeals (Seventh Circuit).\n\nCurrently, if a commercial vehicle breaks down on the shoulder or the interstate, the driver has 10 minutes to put out reflective triangles or flares at specific distances to warn approaching traffic.\n\nWhat you probably don't know is that the FMCSA has been quietly handing out 90-day/3month \"waivers\" to autonomous trucking companies like Aurora and Kodiak (plus others) so they don't have to follow this rule.\n\nHere are the facts of what the FMCSA is currently allowing:\n\n1- No Triangles: Driverless trucks are being allowed to bypass the triangle rule and instead use cab-mounted beacons mounted on the top of the tractor cab.\n\n2- Auto-renewing Waivers: By law, 49 USC § 31315(a), Waivers can last for a period of \"..no more than 3 months\". Yet, the FMCSA is bypassing this rule by stacking these waivers (four of them already) providing regulatory relief for a full year. This is different than exemptions which can last up to 5 years and be renewed.\n\n3- Real Incidents/Crashes are Happening: Over the past few months, these autonomous trucks have been involved in collisions, yet because of NHTSA and FMCSA's \"Confidential Business Information\", it is extemely...",
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    "post_title": "I filed a lawsuit against the FMCSA in the US Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit. Driverless trucking companies (Aurora/Kodiak) are getting secret waivers from warning triangle rules and degrading roadway safety.",
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