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Truck Underride: A Hazard Hidden in Plain View
A grieving mother contacted the 2 Investigators after her daughter was killed in a preventable truck accident. Her efforts to get federal regulators to create new safety measures had been ignored. That's when she turned to Pam Zekman for help in stopping a road danger. Read more

Experts: Truck-Car Collisions Can be Made Safer

Pam Zekman - March 5, 2009 (CBS 2 Chicago)

You may never look at semi-trucks the same way again after watching this report.

You may never look at semi-trucks the same way again

Pam Zekman - March 5, 2009 (CBS 2 Chicago)
You may never look at semi-trucks the same way again after watching this report.

A grieving mother contacted the 2 Investigators after her daughter was killed in a preventable truck accident. Her efforts to get federal regulators to create new safety measures had been ignored. That's when she turned to Pam Zekman for help in stopping a road danger. Click Here to read more (This link takes you off of trucksafety.org)

A Safety Measure - June 24, 2001 (OA)

The Gainesville Sun / By A.P. THOMPSON / Sun staff writer / Sunday, June 24, 2001 Amy Corbin's life ended prematurely on a dark highway in 1997. Shortly after 9 p.m. on a clear August night, Corbin, 18, was driving to a friend's house south on U.S. 27 near High Springs. She never arrived.
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CRASH Criticizes New Underride Rule - January 18, 1996 (PR)

Safety Advocates Decry Weak New U.S. Regulation That Will Fail To Stem Tide Of Violent Deaths In Rear Impact Crashes With Trucks 29-Year Delay Ends With Final Rule Requiring Inferior Underride Guard that Won't Curb Roving Guillotines Sellout to the Trucking Industry Exempts Most Trucks from Compliance
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NHTSA Study Confirms Value Of Reflective Tape On Trucks

New NHTSA Study Confirms Reflective Tape On Big Trucks Reduces Crashes, Fatalities
April 30, 2000 (OA)

WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ - A new study by the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirms that the reflective tape now being required to make trailers on big trucks easier to see is effective in preventing crashes.