side underride guards

Owner-operators and safety advocates clash over a divisive safety report alleging data suppression by federal officials.

DOT’s latest regulatory agenda reveals regulators will be taking no action on a costly new safety equipment proposal for almost a year.

Turning grieve into advocacy, mothers Marianne Karth and Lois Durso are pushing for mandatory side underride guards be added to tractor-trailers. On Thursday, they read the names of nearly 750 victims of underride crashes at DOT headquarters in Washington.

Federal regulators have been asked to significantly revise — or scrap altogether — a rulemaking requiring side underride guards for new truck trailers.

The Biden administration is using a flawed analysis to inform a potential rule mandating lifesaving equipment on truck trailers, according to safety and insurance groups.

Federal regulators are rolling out a rule proposal as a first step to potential new and costly requirements aimed at reducing truck crash fatalities.