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The bill encourages use of telematics and predictive analytics to speed and coordinate road‑safety and freight improvements while trading off increased privacy risks, added costs for states, and potential bias or interoperability problems if protections and standards are imperfect or delayed.
Drivers, passengers, and local travelers will have high‑risk road segments identified sooner and safety projects targeted faster because state and local agencies can use predictive analytics and telematics.
State and local governments and the public will face lower privacy and misuse risks because DOT guidance requires anonymization, PII protection, security, transparency, and validation for safety data tools.
Freight planners, highway users, and transportation workers will likely see improved freight safety and operational efficiency from permitted telematics use and intelligent freight systems.
Drivers and transportation workers face increased privacy risks if expanded telematics and predictive data collection is implemented and anonymization/PII protections are insufficient.
State and regional transportation agencies and taxpayers will incur new costs to acquire, integrate, validate, and maintain predictive analytics and telematics systems.
Rural communities and minority populations risk mis‑prioritization of projects if algorithmic risk models are biased or not properly validated.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Encourages and authorizes use of safety data systems, predictive analytics, telematics, and intelligent freight systems across highway and freight programs and requires privacy, security, and validation guidance.
Introduced December 18, 2025 by John Boozman · Last progress December 18, 2025
Authorizes and promotes use of roadway safety data systems, predictive analytics, telematics, and intelligent freight technologies across federal highway safety programs, the National Highway Freight Program, and National Priority Safety Programs. It adds definitions for key terms, directs the Federal Highway Administration to assess whether operating standards are needed for intelligent freight transportation systems and to report to Congress if standards are warranted, and requires the Secretary of Transportation to issue guidance within one year on anonymization, security, PII protections, transparency, accountability, and validation for predictive tools. Requires coordination inside the Department of Transportation among modal administrations and consultation with other federal agencies to support interoperability and effective use; does not itself appropriate funds or change tax law, but it sets policy, definitions, reporting deadlines, and guidance requirements to accelerate and regulate data-driven safety tools on highways and freight networks.