NY senator wants federal truck GPS standard

Technology

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Schumer In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Sen. Charles Schumer of New York requested the Transportation Department investigate GPS systems used by trucking companies and consider developing a federal standard for truck-routing systems. Schumer noted New York truck drivers often rely on GPS to plan their routes and this planning has led to multiple incidents with low bridges because some systems cannot account for the size of the vehicles and match that to th...

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