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Sign a Letter of Support for the SaferTruck Underride Safety Initiative

In order to encourage trucking companies to buy and drive safer trucks, AnnaLeah & Mary for Truck Safety has created decals to affix to trucks which have installed a stronger rear guard and/or added side guards — thereby meeting safety standards for rear and side underride protection, as spelled out in the STOP Underrides Bill.

In hopes that this recognition of fleet safety leadership will help to prevent the loss of other precious lives, we launched this program on May 4, 2020 –remembering our loss of AnnaLeah and Mary in an underride crash seven years earlier on May 4, 2013.

You can endorse this underride safety initiative by signing a Letter of Support here:

AnnaLeah & Mary Karth. . . Would they think this was an AWESOME idea?

Safer Trucks To Receive Commemorative Awards For Contribution to Safer Roads

Jerry attached the first SaferTruck Bono Award to a trailer in the process of being upfitted with a Rear Reinforcement Attachment and a full-length side guard system.

In order to encourage trucking companies to buy and drive safer trucks, AnnaLeah & Mary for Truck Safety has created decals to affix to trucks which have installed a stronger rear guard and/or added side guards — thereby meeting safety standards for rear and side underride protection, as spelled out in the STOP Underrides Bill.

In hopes that this recognition of fleet safety leadership will help to prevent the loss of other precious lives, we are launching this program on May 4, 2020, as we remember our loss of AnnaLeah and Mary in an underride crash seven years ago on May 4, 2013.

The SaferTruck System Bono Award is for trucks on which a stronger rear underride guard has been installed to prevent underride deaths at the rear of trucks. We chose this name in reference to the patron saint, Beuno or Bono (Latin, bonus = good), known for the protection of children  — using the image of Mary’s beloved stuffed toy St. Bernard, Gertie.

Statue of Mary’s Gertie at the girls’ gravesite
Mary with her beloved Gertie in 2012

The SaferTruck System Christopher Award is for trucks which have had side guards installed to prevent underride deaths at the sides. We chose this name in reference to the patron saint/advocate of travelers, Christopher — keeping in mind AnnaLeah’s love of medieval history and dragons.

Dragon statue at the gravesite
AnnaLeah’s stuffed toy dragon
AnnaLeah with her nephew
AnnaLeah with her niece and nephew, 2012
Mary and her Gertie in a photoshoot by her sister Susanna, circa 2010

With special thanks to Mary & AnnaLeah’s brother, Isaac Karth, who created the designs for these two SaferTruck System awards.

Safer Trucks Receive Commemorative Awards for Contribution to Safer Roads flipbook

SaferTruck System Awards Program brochure

Sign a Letter of Support for the SaferTruck System Awards Program

As a trucking company owner, executive, or driver, what keeps you awake at night?

One of the presenters at a recent NTSB webinar, “Collision Avoidance Technologies – Why You Need Them in Your Trucks Today!”, was Robert Maag, the VP of Operations for a small trucking company, Perfect Transportation. He had some wise advice for trucking companies related to investment in safety for a fleet:

Investment in the front end can be extremely minimal in proportion to what could be at risk at the back end.

Then he asked, As a business owner or executive, what keeps you awake at night?

 

From his perspective, investing in fleet safety is business commonsense. I couldn’t have said it better myself: Investing in underride protection is in the best interest of the trucking industry and an appropriate cost of doing business.

Win/Win.