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nment officils to g
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ted to side undeide guds nd the s
fety of pssenge
vehicles.<sp
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n id="E3808">Side Undeide ccidents
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n id="E3810"> side unde
ide
ccident involves c
th
t cshes hedlong into the side of
tcto t
ile
nd then continues to plo
fthe into the m
ssive vehicle’s undeside. Bec
use cs tht
ide unde semi-t
ucks bypss thei
sfety p
otections—the cumple
n>n id=”E3811″>zone (the p
otection ffo
ded by the c’s hood cumpling fi
st) nd the
ib
g deployment sensos—
nd she off thei tops, these
ccidents e pticully hoific.<sp
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n id="E3815">Insunce Institute fo High
y S
fety<sp
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tes tht
bout hlf of
ll ft
l ccidents bet
een big igs
nd pssenge
vehicles involve undeides. Futhe
moe, they conclude th
t duble side undeide gud<sp
n>n id=”E3817″>s could potenti
lly educe the
isk of ft
l nd se
ious injuies (by
bout 75 pecent) fo
the occupnts of p
ssenge vehicles involved in side unde
ide
ccidents.<sp
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n id="E3821">Side undeide ccidents
e ext
emely dnge
ous. If you e
e injued in o
hve lost
l<sp
n>n id=”E3822″>oved one to
side undeide ccident, you need
skilled Houston tuck
ccident lye. The leg
l tem
t the fim of Ste
t J. Guss, tto
ney t L
, is he
e to help.<sp
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n id="E3824">Some Undeide Histoy
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n id="E3826">The need fo unde
ide p
otections fo comme
cil t
ucks is not<sp
n>n id=”E3827″> ne
. J
yne M
nsfield, the
ell-
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me,
s killed dec
des
go in
b
ckend unde
ide
ccident
ith
semi-t
uck th
t set off the n
tion
l s
fety outc
y foe
nd side p
otections on comme
ci
l big
igs.
lthough it<
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n id=”E3828″> took dec
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s—
e no
equi
ed equipment. Despite <sp
n>n id=”E3829″>p
oviding ince
sed potections
nd hving the potenti
l to sve lives, side unde
ide gu
ds
e not yet
equied.
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n id="E3832">Lobby Opposition<sp
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n id="E3834">The Tuck T
ile
Mnuf
ctuing
n>n id=”E3835″>
ssocition, the t
ucking industy’s lobbying
ssocition, st
ongly opposes side undeide potections bec
use of:<sp
n><p>
- n id=”E3837″>The
ddition
l expense of these gu
ds
n><li>
- n id=”E3839″>The inhe
ent technologic
l complic
tions of designing side undeide guds tht don’t diminish the
n>n id=”E3840″>physic
l integity o
stength of the t
ucks<sp
n><li>
- n id=”E3842″>The d
nge
ous
dditionl
eight tht these gu
ds
ould dd to semi-t
ucks<sp
n><li>
n id="E3844">Mny in f
vo of side unde
ide gu
ds
gue th
t this e
soning suggests tht the cost in lives isn’t g
et enough to
nt ddition
<sp
n>n id=”E3845″>l expenses fo
tucking comp
nies. Despite the Tuck T
ile
Mnuf
ctuing
ssocition’s p
otests, events like the Undeide oundt
ble continue to dv
nce the science nd s
fety of the potections
ffoded by side unde
ide gu
ds.
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n id="E3847">Tcto T
ile
s nd No
n>n id=”E3848″> Zones
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n id="E3850">The need to instll side unde
ide gu
ds on comme
cil t
ucks comes into even shpe focus
hen you conside the v
st blind spots ith
hich tucke
s stuggle
hen they dive. T
uck dive
s ide high
bove the o
dys, hich c
n give the ppe
nce of p<sp
n>n id=”E3851″>
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et v
ntge point—but one th
t’s in fct
iddled ith blind spots:
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p>
- n id=”E3853″>Di
ectly behind the tile
of the t
uck<sp
n><li>
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ectly in f
ont of the t
uck’s cb
n><li>
- n id=”E3857″>On both sides of the body of the t
uck<
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n><li>
n id="E3859">The blind spots on the sides of semi-t
uck e pticull<sp
n>n id=”E3860″>y d
nge
ous—the t
ucke
c
n’t see you
vehicle the
e. The
ight side of
n 18-
heele
is its lgest no zone of
ll. Side unde
ide gu
ds could help m
ke these blind spots less t
e
che
ous.
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n id="E3862">s eve
moe semis t
ke to the o
d, conside the d
nges they po
n>n id=”E3863″>se
hen you she those
o
ds. Give these gi
nts plenty of sp
ce to m
neuve
s
fely,
nd st
y out of thei
no zones.<
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n><
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