Why is the cost always passed onto the trucking industry when the US Safety Agency thinks more guards and such have to be installed on commercial equipment. Why is there not more education for the licensed drivers who operate on our highways. The cost of equipment now is outrageous & it keeps going up with all this safety items that need to be installed. If another driver is dumb enough to run into the back of a commercial trailer, should be his fault & not make a bumper stronger to with stand damage. Guess they need to watch where they are going & get off the phone or quit texting
Please read here about what actually happened in the truck underride crash which has helped this improved rule to be proposed. https://www.fortrucksafety.com/
This is tragic. Considering the circumstances in the accident you cite in the link, I am not convinced that the truck trailer was the problem. Have you any proof that this same result would not happen if the bar was increased to withstand 35 MPH impact from 30 MPH impact?
The accident described was not a result of faulty equipment, but faulty driving by the operator of the semi.
The proposed regulation after a two year implementation period will legalize 98% of trucks already on the road for twenty years. It cites guards used mostly in Canada for the 35 mph performance, minimally compliant guards will still only be effective to 30 mph. This is a giveaway to industry. Most people die in crashes averaging 50 mph, high-speed testing is needed to force building high-speed guards available since 1970 but government lax regulations and giveaways and refusal to test guards have meant thousands have died that did not need to. The current regulation passed in 1996 also just legalized guards already on the road. Find truth at http://www.underridenetwork.org .
Why is the cost always passed onto the trucking industry when the US Safety Agency thinks more guards and such have to be installed on commercial equipment. Why is there not more education for the licensed drivers who operate on our highways. The cost of equipment now is outrageous & it keeps going up with all this safety items that need to be installed. If another driver is dumb enough to run into the back of a commercial trailer, should be his fault & not make a bumper stronger to with stand damage. Guess they need to watch where they are going & get off the phone or quit texting
Please read here about what actually happened in the truck underride crash which has helped this improved rule to be proposed. https://www.fortrucksafety.com/
This is tragic. Considering the circumstances in the accident you cite in the link, I am not convinced that the truck trailer was the problem. Have you any proof that this same result would not happen if the bar was increased to withstand 35 MPH impact from 30 MPH impact?
The accident described was not a result of faulty equipment, but faulty driving by the operator of the semi.
The proposed regulation after a two year implementation period will legalize 98% of trucks already on the road for twenty years. It cites guards used mostly in Canada for the 35 mph performance, minimally compliant guards will still only be effective to 30 mph. This is a giveaway to industry. Most people die in crashes averaging 50 mph, high-speed testing is needed to force building high-speed guards available since 1970 but government lax regulations and giveaways and refusal to test guards have meant thousands have died that did not need to. The current regulation passed in 1996 also just legalized guards already on the road. Find truth at http://www.underridenetwork.org .