Congressman Steve Cohen, thank you for your strong message to the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee about the importance of passing the STOP Underrides! Bill to protect us all from deadly & catastrophic truck underride.

Documents which Representative Cohen discusses:

• 2002 American Trucking Associations Technology Maintenance Council Task Force predicts underride regulations for single unit trucks by 2005 and for front & side by 2006.  2002 ATA Prediction of Side Guard Regulations
• 2007 Transportation Research Board study from the University of Michigan describes how front underride protection could save 27-37% lives in these kinds of crashes. It also describes how it is likely that a government mandate will be required because the industry is not motivated to add [underride protection] voluntarily. The Domain of Truck and Bus Safety Research