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Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 23, 2026

Freightliner Expands Detroit Assurance with New Intersection and Turning Safety Tech

Detroit’s next-generation ABA6 safety system adds cross-traffic detection and enhanced side guard assist with left-turn protection, targeting high-risk urban scenarios.

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Articlesby Jim ParkJune 13, 2024

Will Side-Underride Guards be Required for Trailers in the U.S.?

NHTSA is mulling a side-underride guard mandate for semi-trailers, but more than a dozen cities now demand companies bidding on contracts use them.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 11, 2024

Speed Limiters, Automatic Emergency Braking, Side Underride? 2024 Regulatory Outlook

What trucking can expect this year in federal rulemakings in areas such as mandatory truck speed limiters, mandatory automatic emergency braking, changes in how motor carrier safety is scored, trailer side underride guards, electronic truck IDs, possible ELD rule revisions, and more in this 2024 regulatory update.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeApril 19, 2023

NHTSA Mulls Mandating Side Underride Guards for Trailers

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration published the results of its research on costs and benefits of mandated side underride guards for truck trailers. But in the advance notice of proposed rulemaking, the agency acknowledged that it lacks information on a large number of factors that could affect those calculations.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 31, 2023

DOT to Seek Comment on Side Underride Guards for Trailers

The first step in creating a federal rule requiring side underride guards for trailers is under review at the White House.

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Newsby StaffAugust 31, 2022

Safety Groups Petition NHTSA to Reconsider Rear Underride Rule

A new underride-guard rule years in the making is still not good enough, say safety groups petitioning for it to be reconsidered.

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Newsby David CullenJuly 5, 2022

NHTSA Issues New Underride Guard Rules

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has completed a final rule upgrading requirements for rear underride guards and is turning its attention to side underride guards.

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Newsby StaffMay 18, 2022

Detroit Adds Braking to Side Guard Assist

Active Side Guard Assist detects moving objects in the path of a right-hand turn at speeds below 12 mph and applies the brakes.

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Newsby StaffMarch 5, 2021

Underride Legislation Calls for Side, Front Guards

The reintroduced Stop Underrides Act would require underride guards on the sides and front of all new trucks, and would update outdated standards, according to supporters.

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Newsby StaffAugust 10, 2020

New Volvo Trucks Dealer Opens Outside Austin

Vanguard Truck Centers, a Volvo Trucks North America dealership with facilities in six states, recently opened a new location in Georgetown, Texas, just outside of Austin, making it the eighth facility in Texas and the 19th overall.

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