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IIHS Petitions Feds For Better Underride Guards On Big Rigs

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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 11:50 PM
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Default IIHS Petitions Feds For Better Underride Guards On Big Rigs

When cars rear-end semi tractor-trailers—on an icy road, for instance, where traffic ahead is stopped—the consequences can be quite deadly. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), that's because the underride guards—those cheap-looking bars that hand below the load floor at the back of the...
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