Tag Archives: 21st Century Truck Partnership
Heading for DC to Discuss the Need for the Best Possible Underride Protection on All Trucks
COMPARE THIS: A real-life underride death prevented by a new rear underride guard: New Stoughton Rear Underride Guard Proven Successful In Real Life Crash; Driver Survives
TO THIS: A real-life rear underride tragedy in a crash into an old, weak, and ineffective rear underride guard: Carroll deputy killed in crash
Within a week’s time, 1 driver survived a crash with a trailer, 1 driver did not.
Seems like a no-brainer to me to require that all of the 15.5 million trucks on the road have the best possible underride protection.
Note: How many trucks are on the road?
-
“Estimates of 15.5 million trucks operate in the U.S.. Of this figure 2 million are tractor trailers. “ http://www.truckinfo.net/trucking/stats.htm
- How many new trucks are manufactured each year?
“2016 Top 25 North American Truck-Trailer & Chassis OEMs
Rank |
Manufacturer |
2016 |
2015 |
Totals: |
314,966 |
337,861 |
http://trailer-bodybuilders.com/trailer-output/2016-trailer-production-figures-table
Side Guard Petition Book Part 1
Let’s put the 21st Century Truck Partnership initiative to work & solve the deadly underride problem!
Research and development for ways to protect road users from deadly underride could and should be part of 21st Century Truck Partnership efforts and the millions of dollars being poured into the Super Truck project.
Here’s the information which I have pulled together on side underride:
- Side Guard Petition Book, Part 1: Side Guard Petition Book Part 1
- Side Guard Petition Book, Part 2: Side Guard Petition Book Part 2
- Side Guard Petition Book, Part 3: Side Guard Petition Book Part 3
- Side Guard Petition Signatures & Comments: end-deadly-side-underride-crashes-mandate-side-guards-on-large-trucks_022417
I have shared this information with multiple individuals and organizations in Washington, DC (DOE, DOT, The Hill, and truck industry leaders). I am trying to organize a meeting, with them all, for when I am in DC next week. It needs to be discussed and moved on quickly. Lives are at stake.
Seems like a no-brainer to me.