side underride guards

Trump’s NHTSA nominee raises concerns among truck safety advocates

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy promised at his Senate nomination hearing a Department of Transportation that would be “data-driven and safety-driven,” but truck safety advocates are concerned that President Donald Trump’s pick to lead one of Duffy’s modal agencies may not be on the same page.

Jonathan Morrison, who has been nominated to be administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was chief counsel at NHTSA during the first Trump administration when...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trumps-nhtsa-nominee-raises-concerns-among-truck-safety-advocates

OOIDA takes truck side-guard report complaints to Congress

WASHINGTON — Truckers have told House and Senate leaders to steer clear of writing laws based on a report they say is highly flawed that recommends requiring new safety equipment on their vehicles.

In a letter to Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who chair the House Transportation & Infrastructure and Senate Commerce committees, respectively, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association President Todd Spencer said that the recent Advisory Committee on Underride...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ooida-takes-truck-side-guard-report-complaints-to-congress

Trailer side-guard rule likely delayed until at least October 2024

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WASHINGTON — A proposed rule to mandate equipment aimed at preventing deaths in collisions between...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-side-guard-rule-likely-delayed-until-at-least-october-2024

Moms urge federal regulators to mandate side underride guards

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It’s been 10 years since Marianne Karth — along with daughters AnnaLeah and Mary and son Caleb —...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/moms-urge-federal-regulators-to-mandate-side-underride-guards

NHTSA pressured to overhaul rulemaking on side underride guards

WASHINGTON — A proposed regulation requiring that new truck trailers come equipped with side guards to prevent deadly crashes is taking more heat from safety groups and the trucking industry for using flawed analysis and being too costly to implement.

Initial sentiment on the issue from the National Transportation Safety Board and insurance groups argued that the Biden administration is severely underestimating the benefits and overestimating the costs of such a mandate, as estimated by the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nhtsa-pressured-to-overhaul-rulemaking-on-side-underride-guards