The first step in creating a federal rule requiring side underride guards for trailers is under review at the White House.
A new underride-guard rule years in the making is still not good enough, say safety groups petitioning for it to be reconsidered.
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.
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Stop Underrides Act would require underride guards on the sides and front of all new trucks, and would update outdated standards, according to supporters.
Utility Trailer Manufacturing announced that its dry vans, refrigerated vans, and flatbeds produced after 2002 can be retrofitted with Utility’s standard 7-inch-deep horizontal rear underride guard.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed to include the rear impact (underride) guard on the list of items to be examined during the required annual inspection for each commercial motor vehicle.
A $42 million verdict in a tragic crash has brought attention to the question of whether trailers should have side underride guards. We explore this question in this Trailer Talk.
A House appropriations bill for transportation and other departments takes aim at Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rules regarding hours of service, meal and rest breaks, the CSA safety accountability program, and underride guards.
Reintroduced bipartisan legislation to mandate underride guards on large commercial trucks was met with opposition from the trucking industry, with both ATA and the OOIDA voicing their objections to the proposed rule.
A pipeline contractor in Ohio operates a specialty trailer that is exempt from rear impact guard regulations. Senior Contributing Editor Tom Berg found them parked off a highway.
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