Washington Post article on DOT whistleblower

[Bruce Johnson]

"Whistleblower says DOT kept important truck safety info from the public"

https://wapo.st/4aiDF84

Those of you who remember the death of Sarah Langenkamp may be interested by this article about a researcher who said he found that side guards on trucks in combination with aerodynamic fairings produced fuel savings that recouped the cost of the guards. Underride crashes are still a problem. Just in the past week, there was a crash in New Jersey in which a 15-year-old girl was crushed by a passing truck. The article said that the initial investigation found the truck did not come into contact with the cyclist, but it smells very odd that a girl would simply fall under a truck's rear wheels, especially if the truck were passing at a reasonable distance. At the time the article was published, the victim was in critical condition; since it came to my attention through a Google alert, I have no further information.

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Bruce A. Johnson
Herndon, Virginia

[metak8]

MontCo's laws have been augmented https://moco360.media/2024/05/10/road-safety-bill-named-for-bethesda-diplomat-sarah-langenkamp-signed-into-law-by-moore/

Also short version version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sep93xSmeq0

long version video https://www.pbs.org/video/americas-dangerous-trucks-chm6gu/ 

[Doug Scott]

We still need better ride cameras....open to ideas the issue is battery life.

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