What is DOT going to do about deadly truck underride? That is the question.
On February 27, 2020, at an Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on DOT’s 2021 Budget Request, Congressman David Price (D-NC) asked Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao about DOT’s plans to address the GAO truck underride recommendations. Here’s her reply:
“We actually just talked about this just yesterday. So this is a priority. We understand it. We do have a timeline & we want to get that to you.” @SecElaineChao
I’m looking forward to seeing DOT’s timeline for addressing GAO Truck Underride Recommendations. I’m hoping that it will reflect a decision to make underride a priority. After all, rear underride regulations have not been updated since 1996, we’ve been waiting for DOT to act on side underride regulations for fifty-one years, and there’s been radio silence on front underride/override.
Underride can happen to anyone at any time anywhere.
“What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that DOT take steps to provide a standardized definition of underride crashes and data fields,”
Seriously? How about this “data field” people are dying needlessly everyday because as long as big money runs the government – it will always be profit over life – period!