Albany, NY – A bipartisan bill introduced by two U.S. senators would change truck safety standards to prevent crashes like the one that killed four people in northern New York this summer.
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The law introduced by Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican Marco Rubio would require underride guards to prevent cars from slamming under tractor-trailers in a collision.
In July, two cars slid under a jackknifed milk tanker on Interstate 81 in Oswego County, killing all four occupants. Sen. Charles Schumer called for new safety standards when he met with co-workers and family members of the crash victims.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says side guards could prevent hundreds of deaths annually in the U.S.
The trucking industry supports other efforts to avoid crashes, such as automatic emergency braking and collision warning systems.
Wow what a great idea. But europe has had it for the past 10 years.
ALSO AMERICA had high level brakes light since 1986 but only caught on here about 12 years ago and is not mandatory. volvo and Jacquar have side marker ;ights on cars here but is has been mandatory in America since 1968 but the EUROPEAN idiots still don’t require it. Why idiots.
To #2 -“Conservative” Carl-Why do you have to preface all of your idiotic postings, with “my bro Munch”. You don’t have a relative by that name; where did you come from?