Stop Underrides Act 2.0

This bill would require the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue safety rules within 18 months requiring side underride guards on new trailers, semitrailers, and single unit trucks, with full compliance due 2 years after the rules are finalized. The guards would have to prevent a car from sliding under the truck in side crashes at speeds up to 40 miles per hour and keep pedestrians and cyclists from passing underneath. The bill would reconvene and expand the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection to include families of crash victims and set it to end in 2031. It would also require a public website of underride research, studies by the National Academies and the Government Accountability Office, a review of federal crash fatality data, and free online training for police on identifying underride crashes.

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Sponsors

• Steve Cohen Democrat sponsor
• 9 cosponsors