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Throughout the next decade the application of technology to promote efficient transportation will occur at an unprecedented velocity. A new vision of tomorrow's freight transportation system has been created by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). By requiring all states to participate in the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) and the International Registration Plan (IRP), and through funding of an Intelligent Vehicle-Highway System Program (IVHS), a new transportation system dependent upon the implementation and use of a variety of computer and communication technologies will be developed. In terms of regulatory functions, neither the states nor the motor carrier industry has traditionally been technology oriented.