Truck Guards Won’t Stop Car-Crash Fatalities, Study Says
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Heavy-duty truck trailers fall short in preventing gruesome head injuries that kill hundreds of car drivers each year in rear-end collisions, according to a safety group’s study.
Seven of eight trailers failed a toughened crash test designed to simulate what happens when a car catches a trailer at a glancing blow, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said in a report released today. Trucks are required in the U.S. and Canada to have guards underneath trailers to prevent cars from sliding underneath them during a collision.