* DC - Safety agency aims to stop bus, truck rollovers
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News/Associated Press, by Joan Lowy -May 16, 2012: -- Manufacturers would have to equip large trucks and buses with safety systems that help prevent rollover accidents through computer-controlled braking, under new regulations proposed Wednesday by the government... The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's proposal would require electronic stability control in new trucks and buses, including motor coaches... The safety system senses when a driver may lose control and automatically applies brakes to individual wheels to keep the vehicle stable and avoid a rollover. It helps motorists avoid skidding across icy or slick roads or keep control when swerving to avoid an unexpected object in the road. The individual-wheel braking counters over-steering and under-steering... Government research shows the technology could prevent up to 56 percent of rollover crashes each year — the deadliest among all crash types — and another 14 percent of loss-of-control crashes... NHTSA estimates that a standard requiring the safety systems on large trucks and large buses would prevent up to 2,329 crashes, eliminate an estimated 649 to 858 injuries, and prevent between 49 and 60 fatalities a year... The safety systems are already required in passenger cars, sport utility vehicles and light trucks, beginning with the current model year. But safety systems have been available in all SUVs and many passenger cars for years...
* Virginia - Mapping Large Truck Rollovers: Identification and Mitigation Through Spatial Data Analysis
Arlington,VA,USA -ATRI (PR) -9 May 2012: -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has studied more than 50,000 crash records in the US and compiled an interesting report on truck rollover hot spots across the country. It also has produced an interactive rollover map, which is to say, you can roll your mouse over the locations of truck rollovers to get more information on how many have occurred and exactly where. This could be a great resource for fleet safety managers, as they can now give their drivers a heads-up when dispatched into an area with a high prevalence of truck rollovers... It's also useful information for transportation officials, who can now examine all these locations with frequent truck rollovers to determine if there are any consistent causal factors present. It could pave the way for safer road design in the future. And if nothing else, the map is pretty cool to spend a few minutes with. You can download the full report and check out the rollover map here...Labels: trucks safety
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