Why Regulators Are Ignoring 90% Of ‘Underride’ Crash Deaths — And Not Counting Vulnerable Road Users At All

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By Kea WilsonJun 15, 2023, 4:01 am242 pts
Experts are slamming regulators for refusing to mandate simple technology that could save lives in large truck crashes, based on a faulty cost-benefit analysis that excludes pedestrian and cyclist deaths completely while underestimating — by a factor of 10 — the number of car occupants killed after getting…

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