Families of victims and safety advocates are calling for an end to preventable truck underride tragedies. Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and passenger vehicles go underneath trucks.
It can happen to anyone -- even if their car has a 5-Star Crash Rating. It can happen anywhere. It has happened to tens of thousands of people since trucks began to share the road with other road users.
U.S. regulators have debated for decades about how to stop the tragedy of underride deaths -- including, since 1969, the possibility of requiring underride protection to be added to the sides of large trucks. But they have not done so, even though engineers have already found ways to solve this problem.
Please sign this petition. It will generate an email telling your legislators to hold the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, accountable to issue stronger, more comprehensive, and long-overdue life-saving underride regulations. Together we can make the roads safer.
What would stop your car from going under a truck?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YlIKKG9jA0
See the difference a stronger rear guard can make: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VucNLZIsIU
For more information about TEAM Underride's advocacy, go to: http://annaleahmary.com/ and https://stopunderrides.org/
