I heard from Andy Young today. He will be the Moderator for the Panel Discussion at the Underride Roundtable next week. He is eagerly anticipating that event after just returning from attending “The Commercial Vehicle” show in Birmingham England. He said that he has lots to share from that experience. I’m looking forward to hearing all about it.
I am also happy to be able to say that at the Underride Roundtable on May 5, 2016, over 65 representatives from the trucking industry, government, safety advocates, engineers, crash reconstructionists, attorneys, and media will be on hand at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s Vehicle Research Center to “sit down at the table together” and discuss and demonstrate truck underride crashes.
This group will include representatives from:
- Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association
- American Trucking Associations
- Seven Hills Engineering
- Airflow Deflector
- Accident Research Specialists
- Sapa Extrusions
- Truck Safety Coalition
- AnnaLeah & Mary for Truck Safety
- Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
- Virginia Tech
- East Carolina University
- National Transportation Safety Board, Office of Highway Safety
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- J. Hunt Transport
- Batzer Engineering
- Injury and Crash Analysis
- Vanguard Trailer
- Smart Cap Technologies
- UNC Highway Safety Research Center
- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
- Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center
- Interstate Distributor
- NYC Citywide Adminstrative Services
- Nurenberg Paris Law Firm
- Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
- Sanders & Parks Law Firm
- The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- North Carolina Department of Transportation
- Cargo Transporters
- Stoughton Trailers
- Great Dane Trailers
- Wabash National
- North Carolina State Highway Patrol
- City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics
- Interstate Distributors
- Media representatives
- Underride victims and families
- and joined by an unknown number of individuals globally as the event will be livestreaming at this webcast link.
It is unfortunate that, over the decades in which no adequate solution to this tragic problem has come about, there has been much miscommunication, misunderstanding, misinformation, and mistakes made. I, for one, am ready to encourage things to move forward with positive momentum–aiming for the best possible underride protection.
