ARE MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
FIGHT TO REQUIRE LIFESAVING
EQUIPMENT TO THOSE BIG RIGS
DRIVING NEXT TO YOU
THANKS FOR STAYING WITH
US,....I'M MIKE BLACK. AND
I'M CONNER BOARD. SAFETY
ADVOCATES SAY IT COULD HELP
PREVENT DEVASTATING ACCIDENTS.
HERE'S INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER ERIC FLACK WITH A
SPECIAL REPORT.
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Critics call them "roving
guillotines" on the road.Not
because of the people behind
the wheel.But how 18-wheelers
are built.With those trailers
set four feet or more off the
ground.Leading to crashes like
this.It's called an underride
accident.Crashes that are so
violent, caskets often stay
closed at funerals.
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While exact numbers aren't
tracked it, the trucking
industry acknowledged in a
recent lawsuit, hundreds die
this way every year.People
like Lois Durso's daughter
Roya - who
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Age 12. around. As I for one
changing things all obeys it's
maker. It is will not matter.
For it things. But one day it
Unshakeable. on wings unseen.
never drying up. It flies
Flowing like a river making
all things past. It's goal
seems to be Sometimes it seems
"It is called time. Marianne
reads poem áááSmooth
transition to backgoing to
bring them Marianne: Because
we prevent it.and there are
ways to know what can happen
to honor them...but its
daughters...it's a way is not
as much for our Lois: What
we're doing grief.other
families their change that
spares message helps force and
their continued Hoping these
petitions underride
regulations.chance to see new
be their last, best FAST Act.
agree to include in the if
any, lawmakers will know which
provisions, Marianne and Lois
don't the road.the road.
requirements out on those
safety quicker way to get more
effective and act, that could
be a written into the fast
stop underrides bill
provisions from the those key
safety they could get some of
The idea being that if early
2020.up for passage again in
every 5 years and it's It's up
for renewal infrastructure.
transportation and the
nations' for improvements to
basically a funding bill The
FAST Act is write them into
what's stop underride bill,
and provisions out of the pull
some of the key legislation
introduced that offices that
originally staffers from the
two Mom's along with the has
learned that the underrides
bill, WUSA9 The entire stop of
pushing for passage strategy.
Instead of So, here's that new
them, have a new plan.fighting
alongside joined by others So,
these Mom's, now committee.has
been languishing in truck
underride guards require the
expanded Hillthat bill that
would Back on Capitol year.
released earlier this
underride accidents in a
report on truck research on
side guards in a report on
truck underride accidents
released earlier this Back on
Capitol year.released earlier
this underride accidents in a
report on truck research on
side guards to conduct
additional GAO called on the
DOT Accountability Office or
the US General In fact, just
months ago effectiveness.
Transportation for Department
of agency like the studied by
a federal the government,
Prototypes, paid for by real
world testing.Pugh says that
means me it works."going to
need to show technology,
you're buy into this buy this
technology and and if you want
me to profit in this business
There's not that much for a
big guy to eat. There's not
that much profit in this
business and if you want me to
buy this technology and buy
into this technology, you're
going to need to show me it
works."Pugh says that means
real world testing.Prototypes,
paid for by the government,
studied by a federal agency
like the Department of
Transportation for
effectiveness.In fact, just
months ago the US General
Accountability Office or GAO
called on the DOT to conduct
additional research on side
guards in a report on truck
underride accidents released
earlier this year.Back on
Capitol Hillthat bill that
would require the expanded
truck underride guards has
been languishing in committee.
So, these Mom's, now joined by
others fighting alongside
them, have a new plan.So,
here's that new strategy.
Instead of pushing for passage
ofThe entire stop underrides
bill, WUSA9 has learned that
the Mom's along with the
staffers from the two offices
that originally introduced
that legislationAre now
advocating to pull some of the
key provisions out of the stop
underride bill, and write them
into what's known as the FAST
Act. The FAST Act is
basically a funding bill for
improvements to the nations'
transportation and
infrastructure.It's up for
renewal every 5 years and it's
up for passage again in early
2020.The idea being that if
they could get some of those
key safety provisions from the
stop underrides bill written
into the fast act, that could
be a more effective and
quicker way to get those
safety requirements out on the
road.Marianne and Lois don't
know which provisions, if any,
lawmakers will agree to
include in the FAST Act.Which
now appears to be their last,
best chance to see new
underride regulations.Hoping
these petitions
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and their continued message
helps force change that spares
other families their grief.
Lois: What we're doing is not
as much for our
daughters...it's a way to
honor them...but its for other
people. We know what can
happen and there are ways to
prevent it.Marianne: Because
we know that this isn't going
to bring them backáááSmooth
transition to poemMarianne
reads poem "It is called time.
Sometimes it seems very slow.
Others swift. It's goal seems
to be making all things past.
Flowing like a river never
drying up. It flies on wings
unseen. Unshakeable.
Unrivaled. It divides things.
But one day it will not
matter. For it obeys it's
maker. It is changing things
all around. As I for one know.
Anna Leah Karth. Age 12.
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CALLING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO RESEARCH THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF SIDE
UNDERRIDE GUARDS... THE
G-A-O IS ALSO ASKING THE
AGENCY TO UPDATE THE WAY STATE
AND LOCAL AGENCIES TRACK
UNDERRIDE ACCIDENTS - TO
BETTER TRACK THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS.
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