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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/americas-dangerous-trucks/>
"Deadly traffic accidents involving large trucks have surged over the past
decade.
FRONTLINE and
ProPublica examine one gruesome kind of truck
accident — underride crashes — and why they keep happening.
Trucking industry representatives and the government’s lead agency on traffic
safety have said that their top priority is safety. Drawing on more than a year
of reporting — including leaked documents and interviews with former government
insiders, trucking industry representatives, and families of underride crash
victims — the documentary reveals how, for decades, federal regulators proposed
new rules to try to prevent underride crashes. Over and over, pushback from
trucking industry lobbyists won the day, leaving drivers of smaller vehicles
vulnerable."
Via
The RISKS Digest Volume 34 Issue 5:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/34/5#subj3
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
