Commercial Vehicle Safety Center |
Title: | Updating and Implementing the Grade Severity Rating System (GSRS) for Wyoming |
Date: | Nov 20, 2019 |
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This MPC webinar, held November 20, 2019, focused on the need to update the GSRS, a system that recommends safe descent speeds for trucks on steep downgrades. Discussion included changes in truck characteristics including aerodynamic designs, brake features and engine characteristics in the decades since the development of the GSRS.