Tire pressure monitoring systems provider Advantage PressurePro announced it is participating in the FMCSA’s new Wireless Roadside Inspection (WRI) Program to improve the quality and frequency of commercial vehicle exams and to reduce traffic congestion resulting from these inspections.
WRI is a pilot program developed by FMCSA and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, a non-profit research company formed by the University of Tennessee and Battelle Memorial Institute. WRI seeks to determine the feasibility of gathering and formatting vehicle, driver and motor carrier data and wirelessly transmitting the data directly from a commercial vehicle. This includes tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS).
“PressurePro is proud to work with the DOT and FMCSA to add our world class TPMS options to the WRI Program,” said Phillip Zaroor, president and CEO of PressurePro. “With highways carrying more traffic than ever, PressurePro not only assists in providing greater safety and savings to our nation’s roadways, alongside the WRI Program we can also assist in streamlining vehicle reporting for enforcement and drivers alike.”
PressurePro said it is partnering with companies specializing in brake and weight reporting to allow brake stroke and vehicle weight reports to be captured and transmitted alongside TPMS readings. This added capability allows PressurePro to provide these added readings to the WRI reports, meaning even more efficiencies for enforcement and fleets.
“We expect the WRI Program to be a win-win situation for both the government and carriers,” added Zaroor. “This program provides both sides with a very complete package of technology needed to significantly increase productivity and efficiency while enabling the industry as a whole to provide added security to our roadways.”
Regular route school buses operated by school districts are generally exempt from roadside inspections, but some fleets of school buses and motorcoaches operated by private carrier companies for interstate travel must comply.
