32 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | NOVEMBER 2014
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eginning in December 2015, up to
1,000 drivers will have their logbooks,
licenses and other credentials inspected
by the U.S. Department of Transportation
while at highway speed. The reward for a
clean inspection? Keep on rolling.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration has been working to make
wireless roadside inspection a reality for a
number of years. The project is entering its
third and final phase, called a field opera-
tional test (FOT).
Innovative Software Engineering,
a company that offers telematics and
custom software development services,
recently was awarded a three-year FOT
project by FMCSA to evaluate WRI viabil-
ity for commercial motor vehicles.
In 2010, ISE participated in the WRI
program's pilot phase and was the first
firm to successfully demonstrate the tech-
nology's viability during an FMCSA-spon-
sored event in East Tennessee.
The current WRI FOT is managed by
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and cur-
rently includes 20 inspection sites in five
southeastern states: Mississippi, Tennessee,
Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina.
The number of locations is expected to
grow before the FOT officially begins in
December 2015.
ISE is working to create an interface
with a new government WRI system that
will obtain the location of participating
roadside inspection stations in the form of
virtual geofences. When a vehicle crosses
the geofence, ISE software will transmit
the current logbook status, license and
vehicle credentials to the WRI system.
If everything checks out, the driver will
be given an instant "green light" notifica-
tion in the cab to bypass the inspection
point or, vice versa, a red light indicating
he must pull over.
Fleets and owner-operators interested
in participating in the FOT will need to
purchase the ISE eFleetSuite telematics
system, which includes electronic driver
logs and driver vehicle inspection report-
ing applications. For more information,
contact ISE at 888-316-3533 or info@
isefleetservices.com. – Aaron Huff
Text INFO to 205-289-3554 or visit www.ccjdigital.com/info
Wireless roadside inspections
enter field testing phase