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ITSA TESTS UNDER WAY

Many tests have been completed and others are in development, but these CVO tests are in progress:
     • Four separate projects at five locations that seek to ease congestion at international border crossings by pre-clearing some trucks for passage at points short of the border. Tests are under way at Otay Mesa, CA; at two bridges between El Paso, TX, and Juarez, Mexico; at the Peace Bridge, between Buffalo, NY, and Fort Erie, Ontario; and at the Ambassador Bridge, between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
     • The Oregon Green Light Commercial Vehicle Operations Test which includes weigh-in-motion pre-clearance at 22 weigh stations; the Road Weather Information System that informs motorists of quickly changing weather conditions; and the Downhill Speed Information System at two locations to calculate and display the safe downhill speed for each passing truck.
     • Operation Respond, being tested in Philadelphia and Houston which provides communications between hazmat carriers and emergency units.
     • The Idaho Out-of-Service system, which electronically identifies vehicles placed out of service by inspectors. If a registered vehicle shows up in service when it is not supposed to be, the system sounds alarm and notifies authorities.

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