Perry Ponder, inventor of the AngelWing side guard, has made another great contribution in the pursuit of improved underride protection. Earlier this week, I saw that I had received a notification of a new public comment on the rear guard NPRM.
His letter begins with this comment:
As NHTSA moves at a glacial pace toward revising FMVSS 223 and 224, I’d like to point out an underride guard mode of failure I have observed while investigating a number of trailer and truck underride accidents.
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> DOCUMENT TYPE: OTHER
> POSTED DATE: 05/14/2018
> DOCUMENT TITLE: Seven Hills Engineering
> – Letter
I hope that Perry Ponder will be one of the members of the Committee On Underride Protection (COUP) which the STOP Underrides! Bill calls for in order to establish transparent, consistent, and ongoing communication and collaboration to help us more quickly end preventable Death By Underride.
