Tractor-trailer underride guards have saved countless lives by preventing passenger cars from sliding beneath an 18-wheeler during an accident. But as personal injury attorneys who have represented victims of catastrophic truck accidents, we’re glad to see that the industry strives for even more reforms concerning underride guards. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety believes underride […]
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IIHS Presses for New Underride Prevention Standard
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety issued a report last year that indicates guards designed to prevent “underride” – a result that typically involves a passenger vehicle getting trapped beneath a higher tractor-trailer after a collision – are often inadequate or not being used at all. As part of the study, the IIHS reviewed more […]
IIHS Calls for Stronger Truck Underride Guard Standards
As a truck accident attorney, I deal with all kinds of senseless truck wrecks. I have handled cases in which drivers were killed and their cars went under a trailer even though they hit the underride guard. My book, Truck Accident Litigation, contains a chapter on underride cases. The underride guard is the metal structure […]
