IIHS urges trailer safetybar redesign, tighter standards

Recent tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) have uncovered a dangerous weakness in the underride guards of modern semitrailers. These underride guards are steel bars that hang from the backs of trailers to prevent passenger cars from sliding underneath the trailers in cases where the car crashes It’s time to log in … Continued

• By Megan Lampinen
• March 14, 2013