The Underride Roundtable will be one month from today. I am hoping that it will catalyze a breakthrough in underride protection. Please pray for it to be so.
Underride Roundtable Agenda
SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016: IIHS Vehicle Research Center (VRC)
Thomas Morrill Conference Room
Here is the agenda (and I will be announcing details for livestreaming when they are available):
8:00 Arrival at VRC
8:30 Continental breakfast – Thomas Morrill Conference Room
9:00 Welcome – IIHS Chief Research Officer David Zuby
9:05 Description of the Problem of Underride
- Overview – Automotive Engineer Robert Mazurowski, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Statistics of underride crashes involving light vehicle occupants– Deputy Director Robert Molloy, Office of Highway Safety, National Transportation Safety Board
- Regulatory history – Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (invited)
10:30 Break
10:45 Research That Points to a Solution
- Review of research on underride crashes and improved guard performance – Senior Research Engineer Matt Brumbelow, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- Virginia Tech underride guard design team
- Side underride crashes involving pedestrians/cyclists – Kris Carter, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston
12:30 Rear underride guard crash test
1:00 Lunch – Thomas Morrill Conference Room
1:45-4:00 – Identifying a Unified Approach to Implementing Solutions to the Problem
- Moderator: Andy Young, lawyer and CDL holder
- Dr. Alex Epstein, Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center
- Jack Graczyk, Director of Fleet Services, New York City
- Scott Manthey, Vice President of Safety, Interstate Distributors
- Mark Roush, Vice President of Engineering, Vanguard National Trailer
- Robert Martineau, CEO, Airflow Deflector
- Roy Crawford, volunteer and truck crash reconstructionist, Truck Safety Coalition
2. Where do we go from here?
