OFA provided comments to the Ministry of Transport regarding Proposed Automated Commercial Motor Vehicle Pilot Program (ACMV) Framework.
Rural Ontario communities face challenges attracting commercial vehicle operators. We support the aims of the AMCV pilot to safely test automated technologies and assess opportunities to improve road safety, while supporting the trucking sector.
As the pilot matures and route selections broaden to include roads in various states of repair, we recommend that evaluation of successful ACMV integration also consider different road designs, such as rural gravel roads.