Stop Underrides Act 2.0 aims to reduce deaths and injuries from underride crashes by enhancing protection on trailers, semitrailers, and single unit.
The Stop Underrides Act 2.0 seeks to address the significant threat of underride crashes, where passenger vehicles or Vulnerable Road Users strike and travel underneath trucks or trailers. The Act mandates the development of web-based training for law enforcement to identify and document such crashes. It requires the Secretary of Transportation to finalize regulations for new or updated motor vehicle safety standards, including the installation of side underride guards on new trailers, semitrailers, and single unit trucks.
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