Standing Up for Safety: Bringing Roadside Warning Devices into the 21st Century

On December 26, 2024, after two years of silent review, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied Aurora’s application to pilot modernized roadside warning systems in autonomous trucking. While this does not prevent us from complying with existing regulations when we launch our driverless trucks in April, this decision raises a more important question: as Americans, how do we think about safety and innovation on our roads? At Aurora, we are driven by a safety-always…