05-038-VEH: Previsión para cadenas y cables de seguridad dañados

Fecha de registro	12 de octubre de 2005
Número de asunto	05-038-VEH
Nombre	Capt. John E. Harrison
Agencia	Georgia Department of Public Safety
Dirección	P.O. Box 611Lavonia, GA, 30553United StatesVer en el mapa (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Teléfono	(912) 281-3031
Fax	(706) 356-5376
Correo electrónico	[email protected]
Comité	Comité de Vehículos
Estado	Cerrado
Resumen del asunto	Agregar una disposición en los criterios de OOS del vehículo para definir una condición de OOS cuando una cadena o cable de seguridad requerido esté dañado o defectuoso. Ejemplo: reducción de eslabones de la cadena debido al roce con el pavimento. Además, modificar la definición de remolque lleno en las FMCSR.
Justificación o necesidad	Se eliminó de los criterios OOS en 1992, cuando se eliminaron las Condiciones de Servicio Restringidas de los criterios existentes. El artículo 393.70 no contempla el uso de cadenas de seguridad en semirremolques.
Solicitud de acción	Incluir una disposición para cadenas y cables de seguridad dañados. Utilizar los mismos criterios para determinar si una cadena o cable es defectuoso que los establecidos en la sección de sujeción de carga. Modificar la definición de semirremolque y remolque completo. Un remolque completo solo incluye aquellos remolques que soportan todo su peso.
Medidas adoptadas por el comité	Vehicle committee submitted a petition to FMCSA to amend the definition of semi-trailer so that safety chains will apply to all trailers that are not fifth wheels. The petition to change the definition of a semi-trailer was denied due to lack of supporting data. The members of the Vehicle Committee were vocal about how many instances there are regarding trailers detaching and safety chains failing. Currently, 393.70(d) only requires safety chains for full trailers. Based on the definitions contained in 393, the majority of ball hitch and pintle hook trailers are not full trailers and therefore, the requirement and condition of safety chains is not enforceable under federal regulations. It was explained the issue to some of the newer members of the committee to ensure that they understood the concern. Full trailers are defined as “any motor vehicle other than a pole trailer which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight, except for the towing device, rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle. A semi-trailer equipped with an auxiliary front axle (converter dolly) shall be considered a full trailer.” The majority of trailers out there with safety chains are defined as semi-trailers “any motor vehicle, other than a pole trailer, which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and I constructed so that some part of its weight rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle”. It was further mentioned that the majority (between 45 and 50 states) have state law requiring safety chains on trailers that are defined as semi-trailers in the federal regulations. Due to the information received, the committee agreed that if the only way that FMCSA will address the issue is with more data, then there needs to be a violation code developed to specifically address the condition. It cannot currently be extracted from inspection data, because there is no violation. It was also asked by members of the committee to send in any collision data that they have in relation to trailer separation cause from lack of condition of safety chains on semi-trailers. The committee discussed creating a violation code under 392.2 (state law violations) so that FMCSA could collect the data they require. The committee unanimously agreed to approve a violation code of 392.2AFCH – no, inadequate, or defective safety chains. This suggestion was presented to the Information Systems Committee. They approved the request and presented it to Executive Committee. This issue will be closed until more data can be collected.

Fecha de registro

12 de octubre de 2005

Número de asunto

05-038-VEH

Nombre

Capt. John E. Harrison

Agencia

Georgia Department of Public Safety

Dirección

P.O. Box 611Lavonia, GA, 30553United StatesVer en el mapa

Teléfono

(912) 281-3031

Fax

(706) 356-5376

Correo electrónico

[email protected]

Comité

Comité de Vehículos

Estado

Cerrado

Resumen del asunto

Agregar una disposición en los criterios de OOS del vehículo para definir una condición de OOS cuando una cadena o cable de seguridad requerido esté dañado o defectuoso. Ejemplo: reducción de eslabones de la cadena debido al roce con el pavimento. Además, modificar la definición de remolque lleno en las FMCSR.

Justificación o necesidad

Se eliminó de los criterios OOS en 1992, cuando se eliminaron las Condiciones de Servicio Restringidas de los criterios existentes. El artículo 393.70 no contempla el uso de cadenas de seguridad en semirremolques.

Solicitud de acción

Incluir una disposición para cadenas y cables de seguridad dañados. Utilizar los mismos criterios para determinar si una cadena o cable es defectuoso que los establecidos en la sección de sujeción de carga. Modificar la definición de semirremolque y remolque completo. Un remolque completo solo incluye aquellos remolques que soportan todo su peso.

Medidas adoptadas por el comité

Vehicle committee submitted a petition to FMCSA to amend the definition of semi-trailer so that safety chains will apply to all trailers that are not fifth wheels. The petition to change the definition of a semi-trailer was denied due to lack of supporting data. The members of the Vehicle Committee were vocal about how many instances there are regarding trailers detaching and safety chains failing. Currently, 393.70(d) only requires safety chains for full trailers. Based on the definitions contained in 393, the majority of ball hitch and pintle hook trailers are not full trailers and therefore, the requirement and condition of safety chains is not enforceable under federal regulations.

It was explained the issue to some of the newer members of the committee to ensure that they understood the concern. Full trailers are defined as “any motor vehicle other than a pole trailer which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight, except for the towing device, rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle. A semi-trailer equipped with an auxiliary front axle (converter dolly) shall be considered a full trailer.” The majority of trailers out there with safety chains are defined as semi-trailers “any motor vehicle, other than a pole trailer, which is designed to be drawn by another motor vehicle and I constructed so that some part of its weight rests upon the self-propelled towing motor vehicle”.

It was further mentioned that the majority (between 45 and 50 states) have state law requiring safety chains on trailers that are defined as semi-trailers in the federal regulations.

Due to the information received, the committee agreed that if the only way that FMCSA will address the issue is with more data, then there needs to be a violation code developed to specifically address the condition. It cannot currently be extracted from inspection data, because there is no violation.

It was also asked by members of the committee to send in any collision data that they have in relation to trailer separation cause from lack of condition of safety chains on semi-trailers.

The committee discussed creating a violation code under 392.2 (state law violations) so that FMCSA could collect the data they require. The committee unanimously agreed to approve a violation code of 392.2AFCH – no, inadequate, or defective safety chains. This suggestion was presented to the Information Systems Committee. They approved the request and presented it to Executive Committee.

This issue will be closed until more data can be collected.