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NewsMarch 15, 2013

Underride Guards on Most Big Rigs Leave Passenger Vehicle Occupants at Risk, IIHS Says

Modern semitrailers for the most part do a good job of keeping passenger vehicles from sliding underneath them. But in crashes involving only a small portion of the truck's rear, IIHS found most trailers fail to prevent potentially deadly underride.

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NewsFebruary 13, 2013

Report Summarizes Car-Truck Contribution/Fault in Serious Crashes

A new report released by the American Trucking Associations summarizes the car-truck relative contribution/fault findings of several large-scale studies.

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NewsJanuary 8, 2013

NHTSA Proposes New Minimum Sound Requirements for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

As required by the bipartisan Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010, the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is proposing that hybrid and electric vehicles meet minimum sound standards in order to help make all pedestrians more aware of the approaching vehicles

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NewsDecember 11, 2012

2011 Highway Deaths Down, but Truck Occupant Deaths up 20%

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released a new analysis showing that highway deaths fell to 32,367 in 2011, marking the lowest level since 1949 and a 1.9% decrease from the previous year. Large-truck fatalities, however, rose, with the number of large-truck occupants killed jumping by 20%

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ArticlesJune 1, 2006

NHTSA Proposes Shorter Stops

Proposal would require big tractors to stop 20 percent to 30 percent shorter.

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ArticlesJanuary 1, 2006

Revising Stopping Distances: A Kinder, Gentler NHTSA

Today's regulators don't operate like those who forced the brake law on us.

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