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Arkansas-Made Brake Signal Device Held Up by Regulators
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A Fayetteville firm with a product designed to scale back tractor-trailer accidents has hit a regulatory velocity bump.
Earlier this month, Intellistop Inc. was denied an exemption from a Sixties-era Federal Motor Provider Security Administration rule that requires brake lights to stay “steady-burning.”
Intellistop requested for the exemption for its motor service shoppers who needed to purchase and set up its product, however feared FMCSA sanctions in the event that they did.
Intellistop created and sells a product that attaches to the wiring harness within the nostril field of a semi-trailer. When the motive force makes use of the brakes, as an alternative of the lights staying strong, the machine drops the voltage down after which again as much as its regular voltage, Michelle Hanby, CEO of Intellistop, informed Arkansas Enterprise final week.
“That will get the eye of the drivers to lookup, to understand that the tractor is both slowing down or stopping,” she stated. “So every time the motive force applies the brakes, you could have that fast, 4 pulses and it goes again to strong till they redo the brakes.”
Research present that flashing brake lamps cut back rear-end collisions, she stated. “And so that’s our purpose,” she stated.
The corporate utilized for the exemption in December 2020. And when it didn’t obtain a solution after greater than 560 days, it filed a lawsuit asking the FMCSA to decide.
On Oct. 7, the federal company denied the appliance. Intellistop has appealed that call to the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Intellistop is represented by Stephen Obermeier of Wiley Rein LLP of Washington.
Casen Ross, an lawyer within the U.S. Division of Justice who’s representing the FMCSA, didn’t return a name for remark.
In courtroom filings, Intellistop stated that authorities and personal research have proven that drivers who see pulsating lights usually tend to brake in contrast with these viewing standard brake-level alerts.
And Hanby stated that the FMCSA has granted 4 exemptions to its steady-burning rule for brake-activated pulsating lamps.
“A variety of the bigger fleets are very, very ” in putting in Intellistop’s system as soon as the exemption is granted, she stated.
Hanby stated in courtroom filings that one firm had deliberate a 70,000-unit buy of Intellistop’s product, however wound up utilizing a competitor after the FMCSA didn’t make a ruling.
She stated the company’s delay in approving the exemption price Intellistop at the least $6.9 million in misplaced income.
However some trucking fleets have moved ahead and put in Intellistop’s machine, she stated. “The chance/reward for lowering rules is extra essential [to those trucking companies] than the minor threat of getting a lighting violation,” Hanby stated.
The worth of the machine is determined by what number of a fleet orders, however probably the most an organization would pay is $159 per truck. It takes about 5 minutes to put in.
Intellistop makes use of RCAL Merchandise Inc. of Prairie Grove for manufacturing and Orlof’s Branding & Consulting of Trinity, North Carolina, for its internet design and advertising.
Hanby has been a champion of motorcar security for years.
In 2013, Hanby included her first firm, Brake Plus NWA Inc. of Fayetteville, which sells rear-end collision deterrent methods.
In 2020, she included Intellistop, which has three workers.
“For me, these corporations are greater than a option to make cash,” she stated in a declaration included within the lawsuit. “Their mission is near my coronary heart as a result of my mom was killed by a distracted driver. She is the explanation I pursue automobile security.”
Arkansas and head coach John Calipari earned its first commitment for the 2026 class on Thursday. In-state four-star guard JJ Andrews announced his commitment to the Razorbacks in the Little Rock Christian Academy gymnasium, choosing Arkansas over LSU and Missouri.
The son of former Arkansas football great Shawn Andrews, the 6-foot-6 guard has earned major praise in recent weeks for his performance in the Phoenix EYBL Session.
In addition to his performance on the Circuit, Andrews was also named the Gatorade Player of the Year in the state of Arkansas for the 2024-2025 season at Little Rock Christian Academy. He posted 28.5 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.0 blocks per game in his junior campaign.
Andrews is the second in-state prospect Calipari has landed at Arkansas, following Springdale product Isaiah Sealy in the 2025 class. It also gives the Razorbacks consecutive classes with an in-state player after having zero in the 2024 class. Over the past 15 years, Arkansas has only had four classes where it didn’t land a player from an in-state high school or who was originally from the state: 2024, 2021, 2015, and 2012.
The Arkansas coaching staff is just getting started with filling the 2026 class, with many more names eyeing visits or potentially reclassifying to the 2025 class.
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Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called “Southern Fried.”
After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia’s Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985.
He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens’ consultant.
Rex became the Democrat-Gazette’s first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush.
From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp.
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