Hundreds of people die every year when pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and occupants of passenger vehicles go under trucks. We want Congress to pass legislation which will create underride safety regulations to make truck crashes more survivable.
It can happen to anyone -- even if their car has a 5-Star Safety Rating -- like it has happened to tens of thousands of Americans, including::
- 17-year-old AnnaLeah & 13-year-old Mary Karth when their car went under the rear of a semi-trailer in Georgia on May 4, 2013.
- 26-year-old Roya Sadigh when her car went under the side of a truck in Indiana on November 24, 2004.
- 16 year-old Riley Hein when he burned to death under the side of a truck on November 13, 2015.
- 21 year-old Sylvia Bingham when her bicycle went under a truck on September 15, 2009.
On February 4, 2026, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and U.S. Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN-9), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10), and Deborah Ross (D-NC-2) introduced new underride legislation to help prevent deadly truck underride crashes.
Let's make 2026 the year we pass legislation to make truck crashes more survivable!
Even if you have signed previous petitions, this is a new petition asking Congress to pass the 2026 Stop Underrides Act 2.0, which would expand on current restrictions by instructing rulemaking to require side underride guards on new trucks, improving data collection, and directing additional research on underride crashes.
You can help get this long-overdue legislation across the finish line:
- Sign this new petition.
- Share this petition with others.
- Call your U.S. legislators at the Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121.
- Send them a message on their online contact form, using this link.
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