The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted an exemption to Stoneridge, Inc. to allow motor carriers to operate commercial motor vehicles with the company’s MirrorEye Camera Monitor System (CMS) installed as an alternative to the two rear-vision mirrors required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. 84 Fed. Reg. 5557 (February 21, 2019). The FMCSA determined that use of the CMS provides CMV drivers with an enhanced field of view when compared to the required rear-vision mirrors because: (1) it eliminates the blind spots on both sides of the vehicle created by the required rear-vision mirrors; (2) the multi-camera system expands the field of view compared to the required rear-vision mirrors by an estimated 25%; and(3) the trailer panning feature automatically tracks the end of the trailer to keep it in view in forward motion.
FMCSA Grants Exemption for Cameras Instead of Mirrors
