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Flashing Rear Warning Lights for Trucks Get Fresh Federal Review

Federal regulators are reopening public input on a request by Grote Industries to let carriers run trucks with extra rear warning lights that flash, despite rules requiring exterior lamps to stay lit continuously. After the first comment round, the company gave agency staff more detail about how its radar-based rear-collision alert works, and that material has now been posted for the public to review and respond to.

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Risograph tractor-trailer driving at night with orange headlight beams spreading across the road
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Federal Panel Planned to Hash Out Future Truck and Car Light Rules

Federal vehicle safety regulators say they plan to assemble a group of stakeholders to work out proposed rules on lighting equipment for motor vehicles. The group would develop its recommendations through a consensus-driven process and hand them to the Transportation Secretary. Officials are asking the public for feedback on the idea and on who should sit on the panel.

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